placenamesKilleagh
Cill Ia
Lewis’s account connects farming with materials brought from the shore.
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
- Cill Ia · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killeagh · English · main form
Place & story
Manure and the cultivated landscape
Sea-sand and seaweed were used as manure in Killeagh parish, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. He described good-quality arable and pasture land, with only a small area of bog and about four hundred acres of woodland. His account also noted abundant limestone and brownstone, alongside slate of poorer quality. These details record a farming landscape drawing on coastal materials as well as its local ground and stone resources. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killeagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killeagh: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.