placenamesKilleenadeema
Cillín a Díoma
Killeenadeema’s built heritage combines an old churchyard with nineteenth-century buildings altered by later generations.
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
- Cillín a Díoma · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killeenadeema · English · main form
Place & story
Saint Dympna’s and its churchyard
Saint Dympna’s Church was built around 1830 on a T-shaped plan, with an apse added around 1920. The churchyard contains older graves and the ruins of a late medieval church. A carved human face decorates the present church’s front gable. Its interior includes a carved timber gallery, marble altar furnishings and stained glass in the apse and transept. An octagonal limestone holy-water font stands outside the main doorway. [2]
Abbeyville House
Abbeyville House dates from around 1820, with its windows changed around 1910. The three-part sash windows give the front a distinctive pattern, repeated in the doorway’s sidelights and overlight. The architectural survey also records a half-hipped slate roof, decorative iron entrance gates and stone boundary walls. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killeenadeema. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Dympna’s Catholic Church, survey 30411502 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Abbeyville House, survey 30411501 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-06-27. How this page was prepared.