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Muicinis

Cooperhill
Pig island
Cooperhill's Irish name, Muicinis, derives from muic (pig) and inis (island), indicating an origin associated with pigs or pig pasturage. The townland occupies 282 hectares within the parish of Kilkeedy in the barony of Pubblebrien, County Limerick, positioned in the lower Shannon valley. The documented estate history of Cooperhill begins with Samuel Cooper, who held Cooper Hill in Kilkeedy pa...

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