placenamesKilscannell
Cill Scannail
Lewis recorded farming connections with Cork and Limerick alongside local investment in education.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Scannail · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilscannell · English · main form
Place & story
Farm produce and a home for teachers
Large dairy farms in Kilscannell sent substantial quantities of butter to Cork and Limerick for export, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. About half the parish was under tillage, with meadow and grazing supporting dairy cattle on the remainder. The same account dates the parochial schoolhouse to 1825. Subscriptions paid for a building that included accommodation for both master and mistress; about fifty children attended. The teachers’ residence formed part of the schoolhouse provision, while the butter trade connected local farms with markets beyond the parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Connello Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.49705, -9.01321
- Mapped area
- 12.95 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1573 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilscannell. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilscannel, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.