placenamesKilshanny
Cill Seanaigh
Kilshanny’s public buildings preserve a history of worship, schooling and shared community use.
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 Seanaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilshanny · English · main form
Place & story
St Augustine’s church
St Augustine’s Catholic church dates to 1893. The architectural inventory records a T-shaped plan, a projecting entrance porch and a bellcote above the gable. Buttresses and pointed openings give the rendered building its Gothic character. Stone gate piers and iron gates mark the entrance to its grounds. [2]
From schoolhouse to community hall
The school’s own history dates its earlier building near the church to 1890 and identifies it as the later community hall. A replacement school opened in 1952, built by the contractor McNamara of Lisdoonvarna and blessed by Bishop Browne of Galway. Gortown National School amalgamated with St Augustine’s in 1966. Renovation and an extension followed in 2009. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Corcomroe
- Civil parish
- Kilshanny
- Within
- Carrowmanagh North
- Coordinates
- 52.98073, -9.29543 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1411695 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilshanny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Augustine’s Catholic Church, Carroweragh, Kilshanny, NIAH 20401501 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Brief history of education in Kilshanny · Kilshanny National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.