placenamesKilcolumb
Cill Cholm
An early nineteenth-century account identifies a patron of local teaching.
Recorded locationKilcolumb52.32790° N · 7.06088° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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 Cholm · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilcolumb · English · main form
Place & story
A school and Sunday teaching
Writing in 1837 under the spelling Kilcollum, Samuel Lewis recorded a school in the parish supported by Lady Esmonde, with about 160 children. He also credited her with supporting a Sunday school. The account does not give a separate Sunday-school enrolment or identify Lady Esmonde by her given name. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcolumb. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilcollum: 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.