placenamesKilmacteige
Cill Mhic Thaidhg
Lewis’s 1837 description combines upland grazing with observations of trout and summer birdlife.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mhic Thaidhg · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilmacteige · English · main form
Place & story
Goats above the lake
Samuel Lewis described Lough Talt among high mountains where large flocks of goats grazed in summer. The lake held small trout, and its two rocky islands were covered with gulls during the same season. His 1837 account places seasonal grazing and lake wildlife within the parish’s mountain landscape, rather than describing the uplands only as uncultivated ground. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmacteige. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmacteigue: 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.