placenamesLusmagh
Lusmhaigh
Lewis recorded educational reuse after a new chapel was built at Capplevane.
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
- Lusmhaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lusmagh · English · main form
Place & story
Teaching at Cloghanbeg
In 1837 Samuel Lewis reported that a new Catholic chapel had recently been built at the cross of Capplevane in Lusmagh parish. The older chapel at Cloghanbeg had become a school. Together with a second school, it served about 160 children; Lewis did not divide that total between the two. The account records a former worship building finding an educational use, while keeping the new chapel and the older premises distinct. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Offaly
- Barony
- Garrycastle
- Coordinates
- 53.15622, -8.00273
- Mapped area
- 36.06 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2036 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lusmagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lusmagh or Kilmacunna: 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.