placenamesKilledan
Cill Liadáin
Lewis recorded a named annual contribution alongside the parish’s public and private schools.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Cill Liadáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killedan · English · main form
Place & story
A family’s institutional support
T. Ormsby contributed £14 annually to a public school in Killedan parish, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. About 120 children attended that school. Lewis separately recorded four private schools teaching approximately 540 children, so Ormsby’s contribution should not be applied to every school in the parish. The same account identifies Ballinamore as his residence and credits the Ormsby family with erecting the church there. It connects a named household with two forms of parish provision. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killedan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killedan: 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.