placenamesKilshanny
Cill Seanaigh
Lewis recorded a place for recovering small debts and two schools serving the parish in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Seanaigh · Irish · main form
- Kilshanny · English · main form
Place & story
The manor of Corcomroe
Kilshanny hosted a court for the manor of Corcomroe in 1837. Samuel Lewis described it as an occasional sitting, conducted by a seneschal, where small debts could be recovered. The proceedings gave Kilshanny a role in the manor’s local administration. [2]
Two schools in the parish
Lewis recorded about ninety children at a school supervised by the Catholic clergyman and a further seventy at a private school. He also placed the parish’s Catholic chapel at Kilshanny. These figures give a pre-Famine record of education across the parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilshanny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilshanny — 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.