placenamesKellistown
Cill Osna
Lewis recorded the removal of a round tower and the funding of the later church.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Cill Osna · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kellistown · English · main form
Place & story
Space for a belfry
Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that Kellistown’s round tower had been pulled down in 1807 to make room for the church belfry. His account also records that in 1810 the Board of First Fruits granted a £600 gift and a £100 loan towards erecting the church. A later Ecclesiastical Commissioners grant of £155 concerned repairs. These payments relate to different stages of work, while the round-tower account preserves Lewis’s explanation of a loss that had already occurred before he wrote. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kellistown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kellistown: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-06-30. How this page was prepared.