Coolnashinny
townland in County Cavan, Ireland
Coolnashinny (Irish: Cúl na Sionnach; The Corner of the Foxes) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan in the barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. It is also known as Croaghan (Irish: Cruachán, resembling hay). The townland was besieged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
Geography
Coolnashinny is bounded on the north by the Drummully West and Mullaghmullan townlands, on the west by the Aghabane, Disert, Tullyhunco and Killygowan townlands, on the south by the Killytawny townland and on the east by the Cornaclea, Drummully East and Shancroaghan townlands. Its chief geographical features are Aghabane Lough, Dumb Lough, the Croghan river, small streams and a wood. Coolnashinny is traversed by the regional R199, the local L5503 road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 125 acres, including nine acres of water.
Etymology
The 1256 Annals of Connacht identify the townland as Cruachain O Cubran; the Annals of Loch Cé for that year identify it as Cruachan O Cúbhrán. The Book of Magauran, in a poem composed around 1290, identifies it as Chruachna. Other poems in that book spell the name as Cruachna Ó Cubran, Cruachain and Cruachain Ó Cubran.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Coolnashinny” as townland in County Cavan, Ireland. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as townland in County Cavan, Ireland. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q60742967. Authority coordinates are 54.026, -7.543. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1641, 1256 and 1290.
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