placenamesKilbegnet
Cill Bheagnait
Local research connects the townland’s road junction with its school and burial ground.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill Bheagnait · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilbegnet · English · main form
Place & story
School land and the graveyard
Emma Ruane’s account for Galway County Council’s Heritage Office identifies Kilbegnet townland within the Roscommon part of the civil parish. Drawing on the Ordnance Survey field name books, she places the graveyard close to a junction of three roads in the townland’s eastern area. Her summary of Griffith’s Valuation records the national schoolhouse and yard, along with the graveyard, as exempt from charges. This evidence distinguishes communal institutions from neighbouring rateable holdings; it does not establish when the school opened. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilbegnet. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilbegnet townland research, updated 10 July 2020 · Emma Ruane/Heritage Office, Galway County Council
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.