placenamesKilcleagh
Cill Chliathach
Lewis recorded two distinct building transactions supported in 1819.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Cill Chliathach · Irish · main form
- Kilcleagh · English · main form
Place & story
Two uses of financial assistance
Kilcleagh’s parish church, built in 1782, was enlarged in 1819 with help from a £300 gift and a £500 loan from the Board of First Fruits, according to Samuel Lewis. He separately recorded the purchase of a glebe-house in 1819, also assisted by a £300 gift and a £500 loan. His 1837 account distinguished the enlargement of an existing church from the acquisition of a residence, and added a later £228 church-repair grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcleagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilcleagh: 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.