placenamesColumbkille
Paróiste Cholm Cille
Lewis recorded an intended diocesan school alongside ten existing private schools.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Paróiste Cholm Cille · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Columbkille · English · main form
Place & story
A proposal alongside established teaching
A school linked to the Ardagh Diocesan Society was about to be established in Columbkille when Samuel Lewis wrote in 1837. He described this as a forthcoming development. Ten private schools were already teaching about six hundred boys and 260 girls across the parish. Those attendance figures belong to the existing private schools, rather than to the proposed institution. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Columbkille. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cullumkill or Columbkill: 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.