placenamesKilclooney
Cill Chluaine
Lewis recorded linen and cotton work alongside a network of eight public schools.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Chluaine · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilclooney · English · main form
Place & story
Industry and education in 1837
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Kilclooney, which he also called Kilcluney, records the weaving of both linen and cotton cloth. Eight public schools taught about 680 children across the district. Their support came through several arrangements: the Reverend Dr. Blacker aided some, Lords Charlemont and Gosford supported others, and the prebendary and perpetual curate supported the parochial school. These figures describe the schools collectively, rather than the attendance or funding of any single classroom. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Armagh
- Barony
- Fews Lower
- Barony
- Orior Lower
- Coordinates
- 54.25952, -6.54969 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 2755 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilclooney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilcluney — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.