placenames.ie
Population centre

Coon

An Cuan

Historic mapping and a film location connect this Ventry locality with its coastal setting.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Cuan Pier near Coon.
Illustration, Cuan Pier near Coon
Recorded locationCoon52.11113° N · 10.36480° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

cuanbay, harbour, recess

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Cuan · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Coon · English · main form

Place & story

Coon on the estate maps

Coon belongs to the coastal locality of Kilfarnoge in Ventry parish. The University of Galway’s Landed Estates database identifies a Kilfarnoge property as Coon on the Ordnance Survey map of 1895. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Richard Leahy held the property, with buildings valued at almost £7 and more than 240 acres. [2]

Cuan Pier on screen

The nearby pier, Cé an Chuain or Cuan Pier, became a location for the Irish-language film Tarrac. The Chorca Dhuibhne Film Locations Project identifies it as the setting for a qualifying boat race, with spectators assembled beside the water. The project explains that Cuan is a local name for the bay rather than the townland. Its account includes an interview with local artist Áine Ní Chíobháin, the production’s location manager. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Population centre
County
Kerry
Civil parish
Ventry
Coordinates
52.11113, -10.36480
Logainm ID
101117 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Coon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Kilfarnoge (Coon), house record 1774 · Landed Estates, University of Galway
  3. Tarrac — Cuan Pier / Cé an Chuain · Chorca Dhuibhne Film Locations Project
  4. Cuan Pier near Coon illustration: based on a Pier Ventry Harbour, Ireland by Rick Crowley. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-06-17. How this page was prepared.