placenamesLynally
Lainn Eala
Lewis recorded several distinct contributions to parish schooling in 1837.
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
- Lainn Eala · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lynally · English · main form
Place & story
A building, ground and annual support
Lynally’s parochial school taught about fifty children when Samuel Lewis described the parish in 1837. Colonel Bernard provided the schoolhouse and an acre of ground rent-free. Subscriptions supported the school, including £10 a year from Mrs Coote and an annual allowance from the incumbent. Lewis’s account distinguishes the donated use of property from recurring financial support. [2]
Schooling in a chapel
A second school, teaching about thirty children, met in the Catholic chapel. Lewis placed that chapel at Mucklow within the Killina district. He also recorded the parish church as completed in 1832 with help from a £600 Board of First Fruits loan. His entry does not name either school’s teacher or establish the loan as the church’s full building cost. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Offaly
- Barony
- Ballycowan
- Coordinates
- 53.25207, -7.54969
- Mapped area
- 24.16 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2051 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lynally. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lynally or Linally — 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.