placenamesKillinagh
Cill Laighneach
Separate grants mark an eighteenth-century building and its nineteenth-century upkeep.
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 Laighneach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killinagh · English · main form
Place & story
Construction and later repair
Samuel Lewis dated Killinagh’s parish church to 1786 and recorded a £390 gift from the Board of First Fruits towards its erection. By his 1837 account, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners had recently granted a further £163 for repairs. The parish also had Catholic chapels at Killinagh and Doobally, and a Primitive Methodist place of worship. These references describe several religious institutions within the wider parish beside Lough MacNean. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killinagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killinagh: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-08-13. How this page was prepared.