placenamesKilmainemore
Cill Mheáin Mhór
Lewis’s 1837 account records several kinds of support for local teaching.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mheáin Mhór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilmainemore · English · main form
Place & story
A house and two acres for schooling
In Kilmainemore, Samuel Lewis recorded two acres given by the curate for the parochial school, alongside annual contributions from the rector and curate. Mr Flanagan supplied a house without charging rent. These contributions combined premises, land and continuing financial support. [2]
Other schools in the parish
A school partly supported by the parish priest taught about 160 children, according to Lewis. Two private schools together taught approximately seventy. These figures belong to the historical parish account, rather than a count of pupils in Kilmaine village alone. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmainemore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmainemore: Lewis’s 1837 parish account, reproduced by PetersPioneers · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.