placenamesKillucan
Cill Liúcainne
Lewis recorded a flax society employing women alongside several forms of schooling.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Cill Liúcainne · Irish · main form
- Killucan · English · main form
Place & story
Work and teaching in 1837
A society promoting flax spinning and linen weaving provided employment for about a hundred poor women in Killucan parish, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. His account also described four public schools teaching about 220 children. At one, Erasmus Smith’s trustees paid the master £30 a year and supplied a house and garden without rent. Two other public schools received support from Lord and Lady Longford. Three private schools taught about 120 children separately. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killucan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killucan: 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.