placenamesKilcaragh
Cill Chárthaigh
Lewis recorded both burned limestone and coastal sand being used on farmland.
The name
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
- Cill Chárthaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilcaragh · English · main form
Place & story
Materials for improving the soil
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Kilcaragh records abundant limestone, generally burned into lime for use as manure. Farmers also used sea sand brought from Cashen ferry for the same purpose. He placed the parish on the Brick and Feale rivers southwest of Listowel and distinguished good arable land from coarse pasture and bog. The account describes two sources of material for agriculture, rather than a limestone quarry producing ornamental marble. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Coordinates
- 52.38999, -9.64636
- Mapped area
- 11.79 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1078 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcaragh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilcarragh, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.