placenamesKilmoyly
Cill Mhaoile
The subscription-built school at Toherbanne served more than an educational purpose in Lewis’s account.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mhaoile · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilmoyly · English · main form
Place & story
Teaching, accommodation and services
A schoolhouse at Toherbanne in Kilmoyly parish was built by subscription in 1835, with accommodation for its master. Samuel Lewis recorded regular Church of Ireland services there in 1837, when the parish had no church of that denomination. The bishop was considering arranging for a church to be built. Lewis counted about 150 children across the Toherbanne school and two private schools together; he did not give the schoolhouse’s attendance separately. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Coordinates
- 52.36341, -9.78300
- Mapped area
- 31.1 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1101 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmoyly. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmoily: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2022-01-27. How this page was prepared.