placenamesKilmihil
Cill Mhichíl
Lewis recorded three annual fair dates and occasional small-debt hearings in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mhichíl · Irish · main form
- Kilmihil · English · main form
Place & story
Trading days and debt recovery
Samuel Lewis recorded village fairs on 19 May, 18 July and 29 September in his 1837 account of Kilmihil parish. The village also hosted an occasional court for the manor of Crovreahan, presided over by its seneschal, where small debts could be recovered. Lewis did not give a fixed court timetable or a monetary limit for these claims. His description places both trading occasions and a means of settling debts within the parish’s local economy. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Clonderalaw
- Coordinates
- 52.73348, -9.30819
- Mapped area
- 76.02 km²
- Logainm ID
- 453 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmihil. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmihill, or Kilmichael — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.