placenamesKillaha
Cill Átha
Lewis records a local outlaw tradition alongside working quarries in Glenflesk.
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 Átha · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killaha · English · main form
Place & story
A retreat called Owen’s Bed
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Killaha account records a tradition that Filadowne in Glenflesk had sheltered an outlaw named Owen. A table-like rock partway up the slope, said to require a ladder to reach, bore the name Labig Owen, which Lewis rendered as Owen’s Bed. This is the tradition he recorded; he supplied neither a surname nor a date for the outlaw. [2]
Quarrying in the glen
Lewis also recorded slate quarries operating at Filadowne and Annamore. His account places extractive work within the wooded Flesk valley as well as the scenery and traditional associations that attracted visitors. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killaha. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killaha: 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.