placenamesKillashandra
Cill na Seanrátha
Lewis distinguished an active quarrying resource from indications of another mineral.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill na Seanrátha · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killashandra · English · main form
Place & story
Freestone in use
In Killashandra parish, Samuel Lewis recorded freestone being quarried for building in 1837. He also noted indications of coal in several places, while stating that no attempt had yet been made to work it. His account distinguishes an established supply of construction stone from a mineral resource whose extraction remained untried. Much of the parish’s cultivated land was under tillage, alongside extensive bog. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cavan
- Barony
- Tullyhunco
- Coordinates
- 53.97271, -7.55195
- Mapped area
- 89.96 km²
- Logainm ID
- 383 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killashandra. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killesandra, Cavan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-08-27. How this page was prepared.