placenamesKillamery
Cill Lamraí
Lewis distinguished the parish’s 1815 church-building gift from later assistance for its clerical residence.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Lamraí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killamery · English · main form
Place & story
Two building projects
Samuel Lewis recorded a £900 gift from the Board of First Fruits towards Killamery’s church in 1815. By his 1837 account, the building had also received £125 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for repairs. The glebe-house was a separate project in 1818, assisted by a £300 gift and a £900 loan. These figures distinguish original building assistance, later repairs and support for the rector’s house; they are not a single construction total. [2]
Schools at parish and estate
The rector supported a parochial school, while the late Marquess of Ormonde had built a public schoolhouse at Garryricken. Lewis recorded approximately seventy children across those schools and a further hundred in a private school. The attendance figures describe these separate groups, rather than Garryricken alone. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killamery. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killamery — 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.