placenamesKillasser
Cill Lasrach
Lewis’s 1837 account places chapels at Calla and Boullabee within the wider parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Lasrach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killasser · English · main form
Place & story
Two parish chapels
Samuel Lewis recorded Catholic chapels at Calla and Boullabee in Killasser parish in 1837, describing both as well-built structures with slate roofs. These names belong to his contemporary account; it does not establish the later building history or survival of each chapel. [2]
One public school and five private schools
About ninety children attended a public school, while five private schools together taught approximately 450 children, according to Lewis. His figures describe schooling across Killasser parish before the later school buildings recorded at Boleyboy and Listernan. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killasser. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killasser: 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.