Knockbrega

 

Knockbrega : Cnoc breige , false or treacherous hill .

     

cf. fear breige , a false man , something shaped like a man. eg. sometimes applied to a liagan

or standing stone . This hill may have had a standing stone once on its summit .

Ordinance Letters (1838) 146 acres owned by Sir Richard O'Donel

   

 

 

Houses

   

Population

1891

1901

1911

1891

1901

1911

17

19

18

97

96

92


Landholders of Knockbrega in 1855

 

 

   

Edward

Browne

   

Patrick

Caine

   

Owen

Carolan

   

Mary

Chambers

   

Michael

Cleary

   

John

Fadeen

   

Margaret

Filbin

   

John

Gallagher

   

James

Gibbons

   

Cibby

Joyce

   

William

Kerrigan

   

Rose

McManamon

   

John

Moran

   

William

Moran

   

John

Mullen

   

Michael

Mullen

   

John

Needham

   

Edward

O'Boyle

   

Manus

O'Boyle

   

Owen

O'Brien

   

Dominick

O'Donnell

   

Patrick

Walsh


Electoral Register 1997

 

Gillian Anne

Chambers

Anne (Gallagher)

Chambers

Francis

Chambers

Joseph

Chambers

Maria

Chambers

Patricia

Clayton

Peter Michael

Clayton

Keith Cecil

Durrant

Maureen

Durrant

Mary

Fadden

Brendan

Flynn

Catherine

Flynn

Kate

Flynn

Lawrence

Flynn

John Martin

Hanley

Mary

Hanley

Patrick

Hanley

Josephine

Hoban

Patrick

Hoban

Patrick

Hoban

Hugh

Kilbane

Mary

Kilbane

Martin

McDermott

Rita

McDermott

Brendan

McLoughlin

Brendan Owen

McLoughlin

Eilish

McLoughlin

John

McLoughlin

Mary Catherina

McLoughlin

Tricia

McLoughlin

Bert

O'Boyle

Bridget

O'Boyle

Neil

O'Boyle

William

O'Malley

John

O'Sullivan

Teresa

O'Sullivan

Chris

Rogers

Ashley

Wilson

Mary

Wilson


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