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terryj Member Posts: 2 |
posted 17 November 2009 05:31 AM
  
Does anyone recognise this name? I have been told that Kill means either body of water, or forest. IP: Logged |
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enfield Moderator Posts: 509 |
posted 17 November 2009 08:16 AM
Hello Terry. I take it it is not the Killafaddy in Tasmania so I presume you mean the Killafaddy in the townland of Drumconwell in County Armagh. It seems to be a site name or local name that might not appear on a map. The area is know is the 'Graveyard field'. The was a Church in this field but has long since gone. Let us break down Killafaddy into its phonetic rendering (as I cannot locate a reference to it in any placename book). Kill can be a Church or a wood or forest. Afaddy has been used at least twice in other Irish Placenames thus; áth fada, athfada, long ford, and achadh fada, the long field. So your options are the Church or wood/forest of the long ford/field. This may interest you;- http://www.bygonesandbyways.com/folders/townlands/drumconwell.htm Regards. [This message has been edited by enfield (edited 17 November 2009).] IP: Logged |
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terryj Member Posts: 2 |
posted 18 November 2009 02:17 AM
Thank you Tom, great information. The Killafaddy here is a road alongside a river, that is in a small river plain approx. 2miles long by half a mile wide. I'm guessing an early settler was Irish and named it from his homeland. IP: Logged |
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enfield Moderator Posts: 509 |
posted 18 November 2009 11:09 AM
Glad to help. Regards. Tom. IP: Logged |
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