placenamesKillua
Cill Dalua
Lewis recorded two distinct forms of Chapman family provision.
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
- Cill Dalua · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killua · English · main form
Place & story
Two almshouse arrangements
Samuel Lewis described an almshouse for four poor women in Killua parish in 1837, with a weekly allowance from the Chapman family. He separately recorded ten almshouses at Clonmellon for aged and infirm labourers. Each labourer had more than an acre of land and £2 annually, while £5 was set aside for repairing the houses. Lewis attributed the Clonmellon foundation to the will of the late Sir B. Chapman. The weekly provision for the women was a separate arrangement. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killua. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killua or Killoah, 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.