placenamesKilnahue
Cill na hUagha
Lewis identified the distance to lime as an obstacle alongside local sources of marl and slate.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill na hUagha · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilnahue · English · main form
Place & story
Different resources, different uses
Samuel Lewis described Kilnahue’s land as predominantly under tillage in 1837, generally with light soils but heavier clay near Gorey. He considered the difficulty of obtaining lime an obstacle to further agricultural improvement, reporting that it had to be obtained from County Carlow. Marl pits occurred across the parish, and good slate was quarried at Slievebawn near Moneyseed chapel. His account distinguishes the local materials from the lime supply farmers lacked nearby. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilnahue. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilnehue or Lamogue: 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.