Coill Dubh

Coill Dubh means 'the black wood' or 'the dark wood,' with coill denoting forest and dubh deriving from Old Irish 'dub' meaning black. The townland of Blackwood appears in records spanning nearly five centuries, documented as 'The Blacwodd' in the 1518 Kildare Rental, with subsequent spellings including Blackwod (1540-1541), Blakewodd (1547), and Blackewood (1569), showing the evolution of Engl...