placenamesKildavin
Cill Damháin
Lewis recorded local cloth-making at Mourntown Cross in the Wexford parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Damháin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kildavin · English · main form
Place & story
Making cloth from local wool
At Mourntown Cross in Kildavin parish, County Wexford, Samuel Lewis recorded a manufactory producing coarse woollen cloth in 1837. Blankets and flannel were also made there, chiefly for neighbouring farmers who supplied their own wool. The account describes a connection between the farming households and the cloth-makers: customers provided the raw material for goods intended mainly for local use. It does not identify the manufacturer, workforce or machinery. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kildavin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kildavin, 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.