placenamesKilliskey
Cill Uisce
Lewis’s 1837 account links local school provision to four named estates.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill Uisce · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killiskey · English · main form
Place & story
Schoolrooms and teachers’ accommodation
Four public schools served Killiskey parish in Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. They stood on the estates of Glenmore, Ballycurry, Dunran and Inchinappa, and each was maintained entirely by its respective proprietor. Accommodation for both a master and a mistress accompanied each school. About 150 children attended the four schools collectively; Lewis separately counted around fifty in a private school. His description records a network of estate-supported classrooms and teachers’ housing, rather than a single parish school. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killiskey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killeskey: 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.