placenamesLettergesh
Leitir Geis
Lettergesh’s school history records the connection between local education and the nineteenth-century Kylemore estate.
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
- Leitir Geis · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lettergesh · English · main form
Place & story
A school for estate families
Lettergesh National School traces its beginnings to 1868, under Mitchell Henry’s patronage. The school’s account says the original building served the children of estate labourers and describes a mountain track linking it with Kylemore. Its replacement opened in 1976 directly across the road, continuing education beside the older school site. [2]
Plans for teachers’ houses
The Dictionary of Irish Architects records drawings dated 1877 for proposed teachers’ houses at Lettergesh National School. The designs included Gothic details, gables and decorative boards along the roof edges. The entry identifies no architect, and records a proposal rather than confirming that the houses were built. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Ballynahinch
- Civil parish
- Ballynakill
- Within
- Lettergesh West
- Coordinates
- 53.58591, -9.89822 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1403347 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lettergesh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lettergesh National School: about our school · Lettergesh National School
- Lettergesh National School: proposed teachers’ houses, 1877 · Irish Architectural Archive, Dictionary of Irish Architects
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.