placenamesKillyman
Cill na mBan
Killyman’s wider parish history includes textile production, quarrying and several forms of schooling around the Blackwater valley.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill na mBan · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killyman · English · main form
Place & story
Work in the Blackwater district
Samuel Lewis’s description of Killyman in 1837 concerned a parish extending across parts of Tyrone and Armagh, rather than a single compact village. He recorded linen and cotton manufacture and three substantial bleaching grounds. Other local industries included a paper mill at Twyford, earthenware production at Lower Corr and red sandstone quarrying at Dungorman. Together these activities show how varied work in the surrounding agricultural district could be. [2]
Churches and schools in 1837
Lewis dated the parish church to 1823 and also recorded a Catholic chapel and a Wesleyan Methodist place of worship. His account described four public schools, attended by about 250 children, alongside four private schools and a Sunday school. The figures cover the historic parish. They offer a picture of education spread among several small institutions, supported through different religious and local arrangements. [2]
Renewing the primary school
A later chapter in local schooling was marked by the opening of new facilities at Killyman Primary School in October 2026. The Department of Education recorded two additional classrooms, a separate space for small-group learning, storage and new bathrooms. Construction had actually finished on 15 September 2025, at a cost of £846,804. The announcement distinguishes the completion of the building work from its subsequent formal opening. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Dungannon Middle
- Civil parish
- Killyman
- Coordinates
- 54.65288, -6.77590 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1411774 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killyman. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killyman, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Givan opens new classroom extension at Killyman Primary School, 8 October 2026 · Department of Education, Northern Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2016-12-07. How this page was prepared.