placenamesKilmacow
Cill Mhic Bhúith
Lewis distinguished assistance for the glebe house from an 1818 church rebuilding loan.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mhic Bhúith · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmacow · English · main form
Place & story
Funding two parish buildings
Samuel Lewis recorded a £675 loan and a £100 gift from the Board of First Fruits towards Kilmacow’s glebe house. His 1837 account separately identified an £850 loan in 1818 for rebuilding the church, which he described as having a spire. The year attached to the church loan does not date the glebe house. Lewis also recorded a parochial school built on land given by Mr Roche, without expanding the donor’s name. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmacow. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmacow, Iverk, 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.