placenamesCullenagh
Cuileannach
Lewis recorded a shift in local administration alongside Ballinakill’s continuing market.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Cuileannach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Cullenagh · English · main form
Place & story
Sessions moved three miles away
By Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account, the quarter sessions and petty sessions formerly held in Ballinakill had moved to Abbeyleix, about three miles away. Ballinakill continued to hold its Saturday market, with its market-house maintained by Earl Stanhope as lord of the manor. The entry records different outcomes for two local functions: court business had moved, while the market building remained part of the town’s working life. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cullenagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballinakill: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.