placenamesKinsalebeg
Baile an Phoill
At Pilltown, Kinsalebeg’s built history includes a nineteenth-century thatched house and a school site developed in the twentieth century.
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
- Baile an Phoill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kinsalebeg · English · main form
Place & story
A blacksmith’s home
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records a single-storey house at Pilltown that was already standing in 1841. Its fieldstone walls are limewashed, with a boarded half-door, sash windows and a reed-thatched roof. The survey identifies its occupant in both 1901 and 1911 as John Ormonde, a blacksmith. The small house preserves a domestic link with the village’s working life. [2]
The school site since 1961
Kinsalebeg National School records that it has occupied its present site since 1961. In 2018 it extended the building and renovated the older section. The school’s own account credits families, former pupils and neighbours with helping the project, which also provided a car park. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kinsalebeg. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Pilltown, Kinsalebeg: NIAH22903701 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- About Us: Kinsalebeg National School · Kinsalebeg National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.