placenamesKilcoursey
Cill Chuairsí
The Charlestown beside Clara had a linen hall and a weekly market patent.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Chuairsí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilcoursey · English · main form
Place & story
A Monday market beside Clara
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description places Charlestown beside Clara, in Kilcoursey barony, on the road from Ferbane to Kilbeggan. He described its substantial linen trade as belonging to the past and recorded a linen hall established for that business. The village held a patent for two annual fairs and a weekly Monday linen market. Lewis also associated the adjoining Kilcoursey castle with the barony’s name. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcoursey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Charlestown: 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.