Muinchille

Muinchille means 'ridge' in Irish, referring to a geographical feature in the landscape of County Cavan. The town's English name derives from the union of the Coote and Hill families. Colonel Thomas Coote was granted lands in County Cavan after the Act of Settlement in 1662 and established the settlement that would become Cootehill. His marriage to Frances Hill of Hillsborough, County Down, a f...