placenamesKilliney
Cill Aighne
Lewis’s historical parish account describes two uses of marine resources around the Magharees.
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 Aighne · Irish · main form
- Killiney · English · main form
Place & story
Farming and kelp production in 1837
Samuel Lewis described seaweed as the usual manure for Killiney parish’s arable land in 1837, praising its wheat in particular. His account also reported kelp production on the small Magharee islands, though he said it had declined from its former scale. He included the sandy Magharee peninsula in his description of the parish between Tralee and Brandon bays. The account records both fertiliser gathered for cultivated land and a separate island industry, without giving quantities of seaweed, wheat or kelp. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Coordinates
- 52.24673, -10.01654 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 60.06 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1097 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killiney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killeiny, or Killiney: 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.