placenamesKilmacar
Cill Mocheara
A local history records a mortar test commissioned in 2017.
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 Mocheara · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmacar · English · main form
Place & story
Evidence from the surviving wall
A history of Kilmacar Church hosted by Historic Graves records that Conahy Heritage Society commissioned carbon dating of mortar from the surviving west gable in 2017. It reports an early thirteenth-century result, supporting the document’s tentative dating of the church to that century. This is evidence drawn from the standing fabric, rather than a foundation date established for every part of the building. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Fassadinin
- Coordinates
- 52.78709, -7.25037
- Mapped area
- 19.47 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1324 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmacar. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History of Kilmacar Church, one-page PDF · Historic Graves, host; personal author not stated
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.