placenamesKilmaleery
Cill Mhaoilfhithrigh
Lewis records incoming fuel and sea manure, with occasional grain shipments to Limerick.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mhaoilfhithrigh · Irish · main form
- Kilmaleery · English · main form
Place & story
A small quay on the Fergus
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account places Kilmaleery on the eastern bank of the Fergus and describes a small quay at Carrigeary. Turf and sea manure were landed there, while corn was occasionally sent from the quay to Limerick. His account links the parish’s riverside land with both incoming supplies and an identified market for grain. The qualification matters: Lewis describes occasional outward shipments, without providing tonnages, regular sailing schedules or the names of boat owners. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.73312, -8.93665 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 18.73 km²
- Logainm ID
- 451 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmaleery. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmaleery: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-11-01. How this page was prepared.