placenamesNantinan
Neantanán
Lewis described the church green as a place for livestock trading, with Saint James’s well nearby.
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
- Neantanán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Nantinan · English · main form
Place & story
Gatherings at the green
Nantinan’s green near the church hosted fairs on 10 July, 5 August and 12 November, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. Cattle, sheep and pigs were traded alongside pedlars’ goods. Nearby, a well dedicated to Saint James issued from limestone within a substantial stone enclosure. Lewis recorded that local people visited it on festivals, but supplied no particular festival date or account of a ritual. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Connello Lower
- Barony
- Shanid
- Coordinates
- 52.52803, -9.03481
- Mapped area
- 30.46 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1584 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Nantinan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Nantinan: 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.