placenamesKillarney
Cill Airne
Lewis recorded how school buildings, subscriptions and estate support sustained education in 1837.
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 Airne · Irish · main form
- Killarney · English · main form
Place & story
Classrooms and their support
Samuel Lewis recorded about fifty children in Killarney’s subscription-supported parochial school in 1837. A boys’ school taught 400, while more than 300 girls attended the school attached to the nunnery. The Earl and Countess of Kenmare supported the latter two institutions and helped provide clothing and apprenticeships. Lewis also described Dr. Sughrue’s former college for prospective priests as a private classical school, whose annual rent of £50 went to charitable purposes. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killarney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killarney Schools and Churches: 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.