placenamesKilmeena
Cill Mhíona
A housing project gathered new homes and community facilities beside Kilmeena’s established institutions.
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 Mhíona · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmeena · English · main form
Place & story
A clustered village centre
Cox Power Architects designed Kilmeena Village for Mayo County Council around fourteen homes, a community centre and childcare facilities. Their account describes a layout inspired by clusters of farm buildings, creating small shared spaces and sheltered meeting places. The project, beside the church, school and sports ground, won the RIAI housing award in 2011. [2]
Myna National School
The school’s own history dates Myna’s first national-school building to 1841, beside the church. A new site followed in 1925. Rossduane school amalgamated with Myna in 1969, and pupils moved into another replacement building in 1983. The school also uses the name St Brendan’s. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Civil parish
- Kilmeena
- Coordinates
- 53.82285, -9.51872 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1417271 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmeena. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmeena Village / Cox Power Architects, 30 November 2011 · Cox Power Architects, original project description published by ArchDaily
- A Brief History — Myna National School · St Brendan’s National School, Myna
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.