placenamesShankill
An tSeanchill
Lewis’s Belfast parish account distinguished an opened church from one still planned at Upper Malone.
Recorded locationShankill54.60327° N · 5.97009° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An tSeanchill · Irish · main form
- Shankill · English · main form
Place & story
Christchurch opens in 1833
Samuel Lewis described Belfast parish as formerly called Shankill. In his 1837 account, Christchurch near the Royal Institution had opened for worship in 1833, with a thousand free sittings. The Board of First Fruits and subscriptions funded its construction. A further church or chapel at Upper Malone, about three miles south of the town, remained under consideration when he wrote. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Belfast Lower
- Barony
- Belfast Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.60327, -5.97009 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 61282 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Shankill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Belfast parish: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.