placenamesKiltrustan
Cill Trostáin
The 1837 account distinguishes quarried limestone from mineral deposits merely reported in the parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Trostáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kiltrustan · English · main form
Place & story
Resources described by Lewis
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Kiltrustan records limestone quarries, limestone gravel and marl in a parish that also contained extensive bog. He singled out the lands of Tubberpatrick for fine potters’ earth. This identifies a clay resource, without establishing a pottery works there. Lewis also reported that lead ore had been found but was not being worked. His distinction matters: the discovery of ore is evidence of a reported mineral occurrence, rather than an operating mine. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kiltrustan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kiltrustan: 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.