placenamesKilmore
Cill Mhór
Lewis records a working navigation improvement and contrasting uses of local stone.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mhór · Irish · main form
- Kilmore · English · main form
Place & story
A short cut around the rapids
A short canal crossed the north-eastern end of Kilmore parish by 1837, built to avoid rapids on the Shannon. Samuel Lewis placed Charlestown, Sir Gilbert King’s seat, between the canal and river. His account describes an existing navigation improvement within the river landscape, rather than a canal still awaiting construction. [2]
Worked limestone and unworked freestone
Limestone was quarried in the parish for building and agricultural purposes. Lewis also identified abundant freestone suitable for millstones, but stated that it was not worked. The two materials therefore occupied different positions in his account: one supplied established uses, while the other remained a resource he considered suitable for exploitation. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Ballintober North
- Coordinates
- 53.89323, -8.04696
- Mapped area
- 37.77 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2086 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmore, Roscommon: 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.