placenamesKilnaughtin
Cill Neachtain
Lewis described three supported schools alongside private teaching in the parish around Tarbert.
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 Neachtain · Irish · main form
- Magh an Iúir · Irish · main form · historical name
- Máinnír · Irish · main form · local name
- Kilnaughtin · English · main form
Place & story
Land, a master’s house and local patronage
In 1837 Samuel Lewis recorded a school at Sallow Glen supported by Mr Sandes. Another, near Tarbert, belonged to the Erasmus Smith foundation and had two acres of land and a house for its master. A third depended chiefly on support from Tarbert’s Methodists. Lewis estimated that about 260 children attended these three schools and four private schools combined; he did not separate their individual enrolments. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Iraghticonnor
- Coordinates
- 52.56261, -9.39202
- Mapped area
- 52.57 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1103 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilnaughtin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilnaughten: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2022-02-10. How this page was prepared.