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From: (Charles Ellson)
Subject: Re: Irish town locations (Cork Cty)
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 05:35:38 +0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 16:03:28 GMT, in article
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"Paul C" wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:36:22 -1000, "Mike" <>
> wrote:
>
> >Oh and what does the 'Kil' prefix mean in Gaelic? It sounds so aggressive
> >to the unlearned ear.
>
> Quite the opposite - church or monastic cell.

Or IIRC also the anglicisation of the Irish equivalent of "caol" which refers
to a narrow land or sea-based geographical feature (e.g. Kyleakin, Coulport
etc. to give differently-mangled Scottish examples)
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