placenamesKells Upper
Ceanannas Uachtarach
Lewis’s Rathboyne account records support in goods and accommodation as well as money.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Ceanannas Uachtarach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kells Upper · English · main form
Place & story
Teaching supported beyond a salary
At Charlesfort, C. A. Tisdall provided the schoolmaster with £15 a year, a house and garden, and two tons of coal annually, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. Lewis placed Rathboyne parish chiefly in Upper Kells but partly in Lower Navan. The package illustrates support attached to one teaching post in that wider parish; his combined figure for children at Charlesfort and Cortown cannot establish the enrolment of either school separately. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kells Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathboyne: 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.