placenamesKilcronaghan
Cill Chruithneacháin
Lewis’s 1837 account links parish quarries with trade and records an older feature retained in the rebuilt church.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Chruithneacháin · Irish · main form
- Kilcronaghan · English · main form
Place & story
Quarries serving a wider market
Kilcronaghan produced reddish limestone and freestone in substantial quantities when Samuel Lewis described it in 1837. Some stone was exported through Portballyronan. He also mentioned thin coal seams, without describing a working coal industry. Much of the parish’s Mayola valley land was pasture, placing the quarries within a predominantly pastoral landscape. [2]
An older niche in the rebuilt church
The parish church had been rebuilt in 1816, but retained a niche near the communion table from its earlier building. Lewis described the niche as Norman in style. He also recorded a recent £132 repair grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The grant concerned repairs to the church, rather than the earlier rebuilding’s total cost. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Loughinsholin
- Coordinates
- 54.80493, -6.70910 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 32.34 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2904 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcronaghan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilcronaghan — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-08-23. How this page was prepared.