placenamesKilmahon
Cill Mhaithín
Lewis recorded a discovery on the estate and its later display in the house.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mhaithín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmahon · English · main form
Place & story
A discovery remembered in the hall
Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that two pairs of very large antlers, described by him as elk horns, were displayed in the hall at Ballymaloe. They had been found on the estate in 1714. His account records both the earlier discovery and the house’s subsequent use as a setting for their display, without identifying who recovered them or precisely where on the estate they were found. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmahon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmahon, 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.