placenamesKilmakevoge
Cill Mochaomhóg
Lewis’s 1837 parish account records a seasonal pattern of private schooling.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mochaomhóg · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmakevoge · English · main form
Place & story
A limited teaching season
Samuel Lewis recorded two private schools in Kilmakevoge parish in 1837, describing them as open only during the summer. Together they taught about one hundred and forty children. His entry, headed Kilmackevoge, gives neither the schoolmasters’ names nor the schools’ locations. The seasonal qualification is explicit, but Lewis does not explain why teaching was confined to summer or describe what provision, if any, existed during the rest of the year. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmakevoge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmackevoge, 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.