placenamesKilmeedy
Cill Míde
Kilmeedy’s recorded history includes a November cattle fair, an older Protestant church and a twentieth-century Catholic church in the village centre.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Míde · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmeedy · English · main form
Place & story
The village in 1837
Samuel Lewis described Kilmeedy as a small village with a cattle fair on 7 November. He also recorded a church near the village built in 1665, then in poor condition and intended for rebuilding. These are observations from his 1837 account, rather than a description of the present village. [2]
St Ita’s church
The Catholic church dedicated to St Ita stands in the village centre. The diocesan heritage project records its foundation stone, which names Bishop David Keane and Fr David O’Riordan at the blessing on 11 October 1942. Inside, its survey notes an altar to Our Lady donated by James Moore, who died in 1978, alongside statues of the Sacred Heart and St Joseph. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Connello Upper
- Civil parish
- Kilmeedy
- Coordinates
- 52.41808, -8.91138 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414145 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmeedy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmeedy, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Feenagh-Kilmeedy: Kilmeedy Church · Limerick Diocesan Heritage Project
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.