placenamesKilgorman
Cill Ghormáin
Lewis’s coastal account records herring fishing, a lightship and two locally supported schools.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Ghormáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilgorman · English · main form
Place & story
Fishing and the offshore light
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described substantial herring fisheries at Clone and Saleen in Kilgorman parish. Off Kilmichael Point, he placed a lightship at the northern end of the Kilgorman sandbank, also calling it the Arklow floating light. His account also recorded an oyster bed between the offshore bank and the coast. These details describe the nineteenth-century coastal economy and navigation arrangements. [2]
Two sources of school support
A schoolhouse adjoining the Catholic chapel at Castletown had been built by subscription. At Hyde Park, a separate school was supported entirely by the Misses Beauman. Lewis’s wording distinguishes community subscriptions from the private support given to the second school. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilgorman. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilgorman: 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.