placenamesKiltennell
Cill tSinill
Lewis’s Wexford entry records provision for teachers as well as gifts to the parish poor.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill tSinill · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kiltennell · English · main form
Place & story
Housing and land for the teachers
In Kiltennell parish, County Wexford, Samuel Lewis recorded schools for boys and girls erected by the Earl of Courtown. They included accommodation for a master and mistress, who also had an acre of land rent-free. Subscriptions supported the schools. The arrangement provided for teachers’ living space and land as well as classrooms, though Lewis did not specify salaries or the number of pupils. [2]
Two legacies for the poor
Lewis also recorded a £300 bequest from the late Hon. T. Stopford, who had served as parish rector, Dean of Ferns and Bishop of Cork. Lady Anne Hore, wife of the Reverend T. Hore of Ham Common, Middlesex, left £100 to the parish poor. These are separate legacies; the account does not give their dates or establish an annual amount paid to each recipient. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen North
- Coordinates
- 52.66879, -6.24070
- Mapped area
- 17.03 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2588 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kiltennell. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kiltennel or Courtown, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), reproduced by Courtown Heritage · Samuel Lewis (1837); Courtown Heritage transcription
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.