placenamesKildimo
Cill Díoma
Lewis’s description preserves an early nineteenth-century view of the parish’s wooded and wetland landscape.
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 Díoma · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kildimo · English · main form
Place & story
Lakes and a separating bog
At the foot of Dromore’s wooded hill in Kildimo parish, Samuel Lewis described a deep lake covering about thirty acres in 1837. A small bog separated it from a second lake of about forty-five acres. These are approximate historical measurements. His account places the lakes within a parish of limestone farmland, including rich riverside pasture and bog, and records the wooded hill as a distinct feature of that landscape. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kildimo. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kildimo — 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.