placenamesKilnasoolagh
Cill Átha na Súileach
Lewis described a river landing that served farming and linked the parish with Limerick.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Átha na Súileach · Irish · main form
- Kilnasoolagh · English · main form
Place & story
Manure in, corn out
Samuel Lewis recorded the Latoon River as Kilnasoolagh’s northern boundary with Quin in 1837. Lighters of fifty tons could reach the bridge, where sea manure was landed and corn was occasionally sent to Limerick. His account gives a vessel capacity and the direction of trade, without establishing cargo totals or describing navigation conditions today. [2]
A discontinued manufactory
Lewis also recorded a cotton manufactory established a few years before his account, but soon discontinued. He did not identify its owner or explain its failure. For local administration, Newmarket petty sessions met on alternate Thursdays at Rathfriland, on Kilnasoolagh’s southern border adjoining the town. The court location and schedule belong to his 1837 description. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.76885, -8.91628
- Mapped area
- 21.95 km²
- Logainm ID
- 457 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilnasoolagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilnasoolagh — 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.