placenamesKilmurry
Cill Mhuire Uí Bhreacáin
Lewis’s 1837 account describes Seafield’s harbour limits and the use of coastal materials on farmland.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mhuire Uí Bhreacáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Cill Mhuire Ó mBreacáin · Irish · main form · historical name
- Kilmurry · English · main form
Place & story
Access at Seafield
The Fishery Board had built a pier at Seafield, but Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that vessels of twelve tons could approach it only at spring tides. He considered improvement possible. A coastguard station also served the locality, one of six in the Miltown Malbay district. These details describe a small coastal facility whose usefulness depended on tidal access. [2]
Seaweed on the fields
Lewis recorded seaweed and sand as the usual manure for Kilmurry Ibrickane’s arable land. Mountain pasture and bog occupied a large part of the historical parish. His account connects coastal materials with farming beyond the shore. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmurry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmurry-Ibrickane: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2022-09-05. How this page was prepared.