placenamesCrossmolina
Crois Mhaoilíona
Lewis distinguished an annual donation from an earlier gift of a house and ground.
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
- Crois Mhaoilíona · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Crossmolina · English · main form
Place & story
Support for a parish school
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Crossmolina parish records a school receiving £10 a year from Mrs Palmer. It also benefited from a house and two acres given by the late Mrs Palmer, which Lewis valued together at another £10 annually. The entry does not expand either woman’s name. Across the parish’s listed schools, including hedge schools and a Sunday school, more than a thousand children were on the books; that figure was not the attendance of the Palmer-supported school alone. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Crossmolina. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Crossmolina: 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.