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Kells

Ceanannas

Kells Lodge and its outbuildings preserve a domestic and agricultural setting within the townland.

Recorded locationKells52.53081° N · 7.27616° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Ceanannas · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Kells · English · main form

Place & story

A house altered over time

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates Kells Lodge to about 1750. The two-storey farmhouse has an L-shaped plan and may originally have been thatched. A projecting porch was added during alterations around 1900. The survey records slate roofs and lime-rendered limestone walls, while distinguishing replacement windows from a surviving timber sash. [2]

The working buildings

Two stable buildings south of the house were already present before 1840. One retains a loft above part of its ground floor; both have stone walls and boarded doors, including half-doors. Together with the farmhouse, they record the working spaces of a farmstead rather than a detached country house alone. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kilkenny
Barony
Kells
Civil parish
Kells
Coordinates
52.53081, -7.27616
Mapped area
2.56 km²
Logainm ID
1411893 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1926 census

131People recorded
35Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Hurley 13
  • Neill 10
  • Comerford 9
  • Delahunty 8
  • Prendergast 8
Explore the 1926 records ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Kells. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Kells Lodge, Kells townland: NIAH12402727, County Kilkenny survey2004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.