placenamesKilconway
Coill Chonmhaí
Lewis’s Killagan account records drainage alongside milling and domestic linen weaving.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Coill Chonmhaí · Irish · main form
- Kilconway · English · main form
Place & story
A changing parish landscape
Mount-Hamilton Lough in Killagan parish had recently been drained and its ground brought into cultivation when Samuel Lewis wrote in 1837. He placed the former lake in front of the remains of Mount Hamilton Castle. The same account records flax and corn mills at Cloughmills and linen weaving in local homes. Killagan extended across Kilconway and Upper Dunluce; these details describe that historical parish, rather than locating every activity within one barony. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilconway. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killagan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.