placenamesKilmacdonogh
Cill Modhomhnóg
An offshore part of the parish combined sheep pasture with a prominent position at the entrance to the bay.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Modhomhnóg · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmacdonogh · English · main form
Place & story
An island within the parish
Samuel Lewis placed Capell Island, also called Cable Island, in Kilmacdonogh parish in 1837. He described it as uninhabited, with about thirty acres of sheep pasture. Its high cliffs made landing difficult except in calm weather, while waves had hollowed its south-western side and left large detached rocks below the cliffs. [2]
A suggested site for a light
Lewis considered the island’s height and position suitable for a lighthouse serving vessels entering Youghal Bay. This was a recommendation in his account, rather than evidence that a lighthouse had already been built there. He also recorded Capell Island as a boundary of the port and admiralty jurisdiction of Youghal in its charters. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmacdonogh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Capell, or Cable Island — 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.