placenamesKilcummin
Cill Chuimín
South of Kilcummin townland, a maritime survey at Ballinlena recorded slipways, old walling and reused anchors.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Chuimín · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilcummin · English · main form
Place & story
Layers of harbour work at Ballinlena
Kilcummin Pier lies nearby in Ballinlena, outside this townland’s mapped boundary. Edward Pollard’s 2008 archaeological assessment recorded nineteenth-century slipways, a breakwater and a winch. Exposed limestone beneath the later slipways was interpreted as a natural platform that would have served for landing boats. A fragment of earlier pier walling survived at the low-water mark. [2]
Anchors reused by fishermen
The same assessment observed two Admiralty anchors, broadly dated between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. One lay near the high-water mark between the slipway and cliff; the other was below the low-water mark. Pollard recorded local fishermen using the anchors to secure smaller vessels. Their broad date range does not identify a particular ship or voyage. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcummin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballinlena, Kilcummin Pier:2008:869, licences08D015/08R051 · Edward Pollard; The Archaeological Diving Company Ltd.
- 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.