placenamesInishkeen
Inis Caoin
Inishkeen is a civil parish in Louth. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationInishkeen54.00989° N · 6.53993° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
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
- Inis Caoin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Inishkeen · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Louth
- Barony
- Louth
- Barony
- Dundalk Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.00989, -6.53993
- Mapped area
- 25.17 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1711 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inishkeen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.