placenamesJohnstown
Cill Sheanaigh
This Johnstown belongs to Kilmichael parish in West Muskerry, Cork.
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 Sheanaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Johnstown · English · main form
Place & story
The church of Seanach
Placenames researchers Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich and Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill explain the local Irish name, Cill Sheanaigh, as the church of Seanach. They suggest that English Johnstown arose through a misunderstanding of that personal name. Their account concerns this Cork townland specifically and does not identify Seanach with a particular documented saint. [2]
School and church
Johnstown National School amalgamated with Kilnadur National School in 2001 to form St Enda’s National School at Kilnadur, according to the successor school’s own history. Johnstown’s St Enda’s Church is listed by the Diocese of Cork and Ross as dating to 1870. [3] [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Civil parish
- Kilmichael
- Within
- Carrigboy
- Within
- Johnstown
- Coordinates
- 51.80525, -9.10196 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412787 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Johnstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Confusion reigns! Part II, 12 July 2025 · Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich and Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, Placenames Branch
- School History · St Enda’s National School, Kilnadur
- Kilmichael parish churches · Diocese of Cork and Ross
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.