placenamesKilscoran
Cill Scabhráin
Lewis recorded different sources of support for the parish’s buildings and teaching in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Scabhráin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilscoran · English · main form
Place & story
A schoolhouse and an annual allowance
Dr Elrington, rector of Kilscoran, paid for the parish schoolhouse and allowed its master £20 annually, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. About sixty children attended. Lewis distinguished the cost of providing the building from the continuing allowance supporting its teacher. He described the schoolhouse as a rustic building. [2]
A loan followed by repair assistance
The parish church was built in 1818 with a £600 loan from the Board of First Fruits. By the time Lewis wrote, a £157 grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners had supported repairs. The later grant was therefore separate from the repayable assistance used for construction. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilscoran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilscoran — 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.