Civil parish

Tiscoffin

Tigh Scoithín

Tiscoffin is a civil parish in Kilkenny. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationTiscoffin52.68658° N · 7.11869° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

teachhouse

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

Tigh Scoithín · Irish · main form · validated name
Tiscoffin · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Civil parish
County: Kilkenny
Barony: Gowran
Coordinates: 52.68658, -7.11869
Mapped area: 19.05 km²
Logainm ID: 1367 ↗

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Tiscoffin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.