placenamesKilloughy
Cill Achaidh
Lewis recorded two substantial mills and limestone chiefly obtained for burning.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Achaidh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killoughy · English · main form
Place & story
Production within a farming parish
In 1837 Samuel Lewis recorded two large flour mills in Killoughy parish and limestone obtained chiefly for burning. Of the cultivated land he described, roughly one-third was arable and two-thirds pasture, with bog and other uncultivated ground counted separately. His account places milling and lime production within a landscape where grassland occupied much of the farmed area. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killoughy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killaughey or Killaghy: 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.