Information about Killederdauowen

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Killederdauowen
Irish Form of Name:
Coill Idir Dhá Abhainn
Translation:
wood between two rivers
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Killederdauowen
Coill Idir Dhá Abhainn
Coill Idir Dá Abhain
Killeragower Local
Kile-eidderauowen Local
Ancient name Killeragower T. H. O’Flaherty, Esq., Proprietor
Comment:
not to be inserted
Description:
A subdenomination thereof. Locality not known. Ancient name Kile edder an owen? or wood between two rivers, as there was actually a wood in it formerly.
Situation:
In Curraghduff townland.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Killederdauowen is in Curraghduff West townland.