placenamesKilnamanagh Lower
Coill na Manach Íochtarach
Lewis recorded road construction intended to improve communication with Limerick.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Coill na Manach Íochtarach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilnamanagh Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Work in progress in 1837
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Ballintemple account describes a road being made from Dundrum to Cappaghmore, where it would join a route to Limerick. He expected the connection to shorten the journey by about five miles. Dundrum village stood at its junction with the Thurles–Tipperary road. This records a work in progress and its anticipated advantage, rather than establishing a completion date or the alignment of every surviving road. Dundrum belongs to Kilnamanagh Lower. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilnamanagh Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballintemple: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.