placenamesGlenkeen
Gleann Caoin
Lewis’s account records a land gift alongside national and privately funded teaching.
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
- Gleann Caoin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Glenkeen · English · main form
Place & story
Land for the parochial school
Lady Caroline Damer gave an acre and a half of land to Glenkeen’s parochial school, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. The rector also supported it. Lewis recorded three national schools alongside the parochial institution, with about 350 children taught across that group. Seven private schools separately instructed about 280 children. These figures concern the wider parish containing Borrisoleigh, rather than schools within the town alone. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Kilnamanagh Upper
- Coordinates
- 52.74710, -7.99586
- Mapped area
- 58.56 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2179 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glenkeen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Glankeen: 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.