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The following appear as names for Knocklong. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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KNOCKLONG | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). | |
KNOCKLONG OR LONG | Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). |
LONG | Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Knocklong. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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KNOCKLONG | Irish Civil Parish | UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 940. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Knocklong, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Knocklong, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Knocklong, in and County Limerick | Place names, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28038/names
Date accessed: 31st October 2024