placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Keenagh
Caonach
Saint George’s Church links Keenagh with two nineteenth-century building commissions.
Recorded locationKeenagh53.62124° N · 7.81385° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Caonach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Keenagh · English · main form
- Kenagh · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A countess’s expenditure
The Irish Architectural Archive records William Farrell’s hall-and-tower church at Keenagh in 1832. Jane, Dowager Countess of Rosse, paid £2,000 for its construction. The archive cites the inscription on the church as evidence for the architect and date. [2]
A later memorial pulpit
A memorial pulpit commemorating the Reverend J. J. Hayes was commissioned by his brother and sister. Designed by Richard Langrishe, it combined Caen stone with polished Irish marble shafts. The archive records a delay of more than three years before C. W. Harrison and Sons of Dublin carried out the work, reported in 1895. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Longford
- Barony
- Moydow
- Civil parish
- Kilcommock
- Coordinates
- 53.62124, -7.81385
- Mapped area
- 0.85 km²
- Logainm ID
- 32697 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
1926 census
153People recorded
38Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1926 records ↗Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Keenagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kenagh Church, Kilcommick parish: Dictionary of Irish Architects work9591 · Irish Architectural Archive
- NIAH13313025: Saint George’s Church, Keenagh, original2005survey metadata · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.