placenamesHollywood
An Choill Naofa
Lewis recorded a discovery during hill levelling in 1833.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Choill Naofa · Irish · main form · validated name
- Hollywood · English · main form
Place & story
Ashes beneath the hill
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Hollywood in north County Dublin records several urns containing ashes uncovered when a hill near the old church ruins was levelled in 1833. He placed the finds about six feet below the surface and noted an extensive rath nearby. The entry also records a holy well dedicated to Saint Kennett. It supplies a historical record of the discovery without dating the urns or explaining their relationship to the church or rath. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Balrothery West
- Coordinates
- 53.56554, -6.27092
- Mapped area
- 16.22 km²
- Logainm ID
- 848 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Hollywood. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Hollywood, Dublin: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.