placenamesKillaconnigan
Cill Chonagáin
Lewis recorded a seasonal fair calendar and separate financial assistance for the clerical residence.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Chonagáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killaconnigan · English · main form
Place & story
Fairs through the year
Samuel Lewis recorded four fair dates in his 1837 account of Killaconnigan: 25 March, 12 May, 15 August and 1 November. The parish lay on the road from Dublin to Mullingar, west of Trim. His entry preserves a calendar of local trading occasions without specifying the livestock or goods sold at each fair. [2]
Building the glebe-house
In 1822 the Board of First Fruits assisted construction of the glebe-house with a £450 gift and a £50 loan. Lewis recorded twenty-one acres of glebe. These were separate provisions from the money he described for the church, and they do not establish the house’s total building cost. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killaconnigan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killoghconnoghan or Kilaconnigan — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.