placenamesDunkitt
Dún Cit
A navigable connection to the Suir gave the parish’s quarries a route to Wexford.
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
- Dún Cit · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dunkitt · English · main form
Place & story
From quarry to river
Samuel Lewis recorded substantial limestone quarrying in Dunkitt parish in 1837. The stone went chiefly to County Wexford by the River Suir. The Dunkitt pill provided a navigable connection from the river to the quarries, bringing water transport close to the source of the material. Lewis’s account links the parish’s underlying limestone with a specific export route and destination. [2]
A funded glebe house
The Board of First Fruits supported the construction of the glebe house in 1817 with a gift of two hundred pounds and a loan of six hundred pounds. Lewis recorded almost twenty-four acres of glebe attached to it. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunkitt. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dunkitt — 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.