School: Cohaw (B)
- Location:
- Cohaw, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Woods
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1018, Page 230
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- Cootehill is the name of my home town. It got its name from Coote an officer in the Cromwellian army. He got a grant of all the land round here for the part he played in the Cromwellian campaigns. Coote was married to a lady named Hill and from the surname of husband and wife Cootehill got its name. Cootehill is situated in the townland of Magheranure parish of Drumgoom, and barony of Tullygarvey.
The old Irish names are Magheranure or Muincille. Munnely is the English version of the word Muincille. Munely is a narrow strip of land extending along the Co Monaghan border. From this it gets its name, Muincille, that is a strip of land shaped like a sleeve
