Coill an Iarainn

Coill an Iarainn, meaning 'Wood of the iron,' derives from the Irish coill (wood) and iarainn (iron), a name possibly rooted in the Iron Age period and possibly linked to iron ore deposits in the adjacent Ballynestragh area. Killinierin sits in the Civil Parish of Kilcavan, Barony of Gorey, in the Electoral Division of Limerick, north County Wexford, approximately 12 kilometres from Gorey. The ...