placenamesCoolcraheen
Cúil Chraithín
Lewis’s 1837 account contrasts an inhabited Foulksrath with ruined Inchmore.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Cúil Chraithín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Coolcraheen · English · main form
Place & story
A dwelling and a riverside ruin
Foulksrath Castle had been converted into a comfortable residence by T. Wright when Samuel Lewis described Coolcraheen in 1837. In the same parish he recorded Inchmore Castle as a ruin, opposite Inchmore island in the Nore. Lewis described its combination of a strong square keep and an adjoining mansion in the Elizabethan style. His account captures two different uses of older buildings, without establishing their present condition. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Fassadinin
- Barony
- Crannagh
- Coordinates
- 52.74113, -7.32395
- Mapped area
- 10.16 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1279 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Coolcraheen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Coolcraheen in 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.