placenamesKiltormer
Cill Tormóir
Kiltormer's recorded history runs from nineteenth-century fairs and estate industry to the union of neighbouring hurling communities.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Tormóir · Irish · main form
- Kiltormer · English · main form
Place & story
The village called Kiltormer-Kelly
Samuel Lewis recorded the village as Kiltormer-Kelly in 1837, distinguishing it from the surrounding parish. Its cattle fairs fell on 17 February, May, August and November. He described a farming district within five miles of the Grand Canal, with a parish church, Catholic chapel and national school. His account also noted a recently discovered black-marble quarry nearby, adding a mineral resource to this picture of village life. [2]
The windmill at Eyreville
North of the village, an elevated site within the Eyreville demesne preserves a circular windmill built approximately in 1780. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records its surviving rubble-limestone shell, with irregular enlarged doorways on the east and west and a narrow upper window beneath a stone lintel. Its roof and working machinery are absent from the survey's description; the standing tower remains a record of the area's industrial buildings. [3]
Three areas under one club name
Kiltormer's club history records a decision in 1969 to unite the hurling communities of Kiltormer, Laurencetown and Clontuskert. They adopted the Kiltormer name and blue-and-white colours, succeeding earlier separate teams in those areas. County successes followed through the 1970s and 1980s, with consecutive senior county titles again secured by 1991. The club's most celebrated achievement came in 1992, when it won the All-Ireland club championship. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kiltormer. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kiltormer-Kelly, Longford, Galway · Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
- Eyreville windmill, Newtowneyre, 30409908 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- About Kiltormer GAA Club · Kiltormer GAA Club
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-02-07. How this page was prepared.