Waterford Placenames

Placename : Guilcagh

Administrative Details:

• Barony : Upperthird

Description:
This is a small parish (eight townlands) which seems to have possessed no church. The name is unecclesiastical in origin. The name is pronounced Giolcaigh.

Old Irish Typeface

Parish Location Map:

Townlands:
Ballycahane, Ballyvallikin, Beallough, Curraghataggart, Guilcagh, Kilmovee, Knocknacrohy,

Related Resources

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Online Books and Journals
Full-text monographs, journals, and articles of Waterford Interest include useful resources for Affane:

• The Place-Names of Decies by Patrick Power. (Dublin; Cork University Press, 1952)
• Parish Files [Waterford County Library]
• The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1843-44 [Waterford extracts]
• Ordnance Survey Letters [1841] by John O'Donovan
• Irish Tourist Authority Survey [1941-45]

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