TOWNLANDS. 
It is stated in the Down Survey, that the half of Craggabell belonged to the church 
of Derry. 
12. Culmore : The fort is called by Philip O’Sullevan Beare, Cuil more : and the place is 
called by the Four Masters an cuil riiop ; in the Inquisitions the fort is called Coolemore, and 
the townland on which it stands, Leharden ; it is called Coolemore, Coolmore, Culmore, alias 
Cross in the Charter of Londonderry. Philip O’Sullevan Beare, in his Account of the Rebel¬ 
lion [ motus J of Sir Cahir O’Dogherty, translates Cuil more by angulus magnus, which is the 
true meaning and descriptive of the locality. The two Irish words—cul and cuil—are some¬ 
times confounded by Irish topographers; they are however two distinct words—cul signifying 
a back or retired place, and cuil, a corner or angle. Cuil eaccpann, (now Culfeighterin), the 
name of the north-eastern corner of the county of Antrim, affords another corroboration of the 
real meaning of this word. LeJiarden the alias name of this townland, signifies leair apoan, 
the half hill, by which is meant g'ently sloping hill. 
13. Edenballymore. This townland does not appear in the Inquisitions. In the Down Survey 
it is called Edenballimore and Edenballymore. The name is evidently Guoan baile mop, 
which means the large townland on the brow or face of the hill. Guoan baile is Brae-face- 
town, and the adjective mop, large, was generally postfixed to the name of Irish townlands, 
when a denomination, originally one, was subdivided into a larger and smaller portion. To the 
former the adjective mop, large, was postfixed, and to the latter bea^, small. Though this is 
the prevalent usage throughout Ireland, there is no Edenbally Beg to be found in this neigh¬ 
bourhood. 
The Irish word Goan is translated Frons by Cormac, Archbishop of Cashel, and generally 
signifies the human forehead, but when used topographically it signifies the brow of a hill; gene¬ 
rally, but not always, the southern or sunny side, and the opposite of cul, the back or northern 
side of a hill. Keating defines the meaning of this word completely when he informs us that the 
River Barrow springs from the Eden or brow of Slieve Bloom : lp pollup 5 U P ® heuoan 
pleibe ftlaoma oon leib poip o’papap 6eapba. 
Lluyd observes that bron, the breast, Ihygad an eye, geneu, the mouth, and braich, an 
arm, enter into the names of some mountains in Wales. In Ireland likewise places are found 
which take their names from a comparison with almost every member of the human frame. 
It appears from the Down Survey, which was finished in 1657, that 224 acres of this town- 
land were held under lease by Captain Alexander Staples, and 12 acres of the south-eastern 
corner of it “ a controversies’ It seems to be included in the bishop s lands called Craggin, 
Dramniurney , and Courneglogh, which lay on the northern side of the bog, near the island of 
Derry. (See Inquisition 7 th James I.) 
14. Elaghmore : called in the most ancient Irish MSS. indifferently Clileac and Oileac, 
both which are pronounced elagli, according to the Ulster mode of pronouncing the diphthong ai 
and oi, when short. In the Ulster Inquisitions, the l is doubled, to render the short sound of the 
e certain. A full explanation of this name will be found in the account of Grianan Aileach, and 
that of the O’Dogherty Castle which stands in this townland. 
The adjective mop, large, is postfixed to the name of this townland, to distinguish it fiom the 
smaller townland of Elagh beg, which lies to the west of it, outside the boundary of the county. 
5. Killea: called Killeigh in an inquisition taken at Derry, in the 45th Elizabeth ; Kellegli 
in an inquisition of the 7th James the 1st; Killeigh , alias Killeagh, in an act of parliament of the 
4th Anne ; and Keelagli, by Sampson. The name must be an Anglicising either of Cill Liar, 
grey church, or Coill Ciac, grey wood, but it cannot be ascertained which, as the aboriginal 
language is no longer spoken in the district. Countless names of places in Ireland begin and end 
with the adjective, liar, grey, especially names of mountains, rocks, and barren hilly lands. 
The inquisition of the 7th James I. found it in the occupation of Francis White. 
18. Mullennan: called in the Inquisition of the 7th James I. Mullennan; in the act of 
parliament of the 4th Anne, Mollenam (by mistake for Mollenan ), and by Sampson Mollenan. 
The meaning of this name is, in all probability, if not certainly, ITluilleann Gnna, Enna or 
Anna’s mill—Enna, or Annadh, as being a male proper name, having been current in Ireland 
down to the 16th century, and in particular, the name of the chief from whom was derived Tir- 
Enna, the name of the ancient territory in which this townland lay. That there were several mills 
in Ireland a little before the introduction of Christianity is proved by several genuine fragments of 
Irish history still remaining. It appears from Cormac’s Glossary—a very valuable fragment of 
ancient Irish literature—that before the erection of mills in Ireland, the Irish chiefs had female 
slaves, called cumals who ground their corn with querns. “ Cumal J. cumola . 1 . ben bip 
ppi bleic bpon ap ip e moo ppip ambioip cumala ooepa pia piu oo pontaip muilino i. e. 
Cumal, quasi Cu-mola \i. e. mola, a mill] i. e. a woman, who was for grinding a quern; for the 
cumals were enslaved before mills were made.” In the same work, the etymology of rnuilleann, 
a mill, is attempted to be accounted for by mo-a-ail, i. e. greater its stones, “ because, adds the 
