placenamesKillenaule
Cill Náile
The district’s educational history continues beyond its old school building into a twentieth-century merger and a surviving archive.
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 Náile · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killenaule · English · main form
Place & story
The amalgamation of 1971
A new national school opened in Killenaule in 1971, bringing together Killenaule, Graystown and Ballynonty schools. Tipperary Studies records the transfer of Graystown’s pupils that year. This was a change in the area served by a shared school as well as a move to new accommodation; the participating schools had their own earlier histories in neighbouring communities. [2]
Evidence of everyday school life
Tipperary Studies announced the digitisation of Killenaule’s school records in September 2023. Its catalogue includes a girls’ register covering 1871–1919, attendance books from the 1910s and 1920s, and an inspection book dated 1908–54. The day-book description also identifies teachers’ salary records. These different series preserve evidence of enrolment, attendance, administration and inspection rather than a single uninterrupted school chronicle. [2] [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killenaule. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Celebrating Killenaule National School: digitised registration and roll books, 30 September2023 · Tipperary Studies, Tipperary County Council Library Service
- Killenaule National School Records, collection111 · Tipperary Studies
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.