placenamesKilcoole
Cill Chomhghaill
Lewis connects the parish’s farming with Dublin markets and records a quartz-veined village landmark.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Chomhghaill · Irish · main form
- Kilcoole · English · main form
Place & story
Crops and materials for the land
Samuel Lewis recorded in 1837 that Kilcoole parish produced some of the earliest potatoes brought to Dublin’s market. He also described clay-slate used to repair roads and marl used on farmland. These observations connect local cultivation with a nearby urban market, while distinguishing two materials put to different practical uses. [2]
The rock beside the green
Beside Kilcoole’s village green, Lewis described a large mass of clay-slate crossed by broad white veins of quartz. Ruined church walls and a cemetery lay near its base. His account places the conspicuous rock and the burial ground together within the village landscape as it appeared in the nineteenth century. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcoole. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilcoole: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.