placenamesKilconduff
Cill Chon Duibh
Lewis’s description placed natural curiosities beside cultivated land, bog and mountain.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Cill Chon Duibh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilconduff · English · main form
Place & story
Resources noted in 1837
Samuel Lewis recorded pearls in the River Moy in his 1837 description of Kilconduff parish. He also noted abundant flagstone and springs described as chalybeate, meaning iron-bearing, and sulphureous. These observations sit alongside his account of a largely cultivated parish with substantial bog and mountain land. They are historical reports of local natural resources, rather than evidence that pearls were commercially harvested or that the springs were developed as spas. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilconduff. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilconduff: 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.