placenamesKilmichael
Cill Mhichíl
Estate records and Dromleigh’s school history preserve details of landholding and teaching in Kilmichael parish.
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 Mhichíl · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmichael · English · main form
Place & story
The Swetes of Greenville
The University of Galway's Landed Estates database identifies Greenville as a house in Kilmichael civil parish. Samuel Swete purchased lands previously held by one of the McSweeneys and died in 1733. By Griffith's Valuation, Benjamin Swete's estate extended into Kilmichael, Inchigeelagh and Kilmurry. The family's landholding thus connected Greenville with several neighbouring parishes rather than forming a single self-contained property. [2]
An estate advertised for sale
In November 1877, George Samuel Swete advertised 1,006 acres of fee-simple estate in West Muskerry and his life interest in a further 1,889 acres at Greenville. The university's account distinguishes these different interests. It also records the Irish Times report that some lots were withdrawn and others sold privately, while purchasers at the sale included Lombard, Hussey and Thomas K. Sullivan. [2]
Teachers and monitors at Dromleigh
Dromleigh National School's history names its first principal as Cal O'Callaghan of Clonmoyle. During its first week in 1840, average attendance was 47 boys and 27 girls; enrolment reached 232 that September. Mary Sullivan became the first teacher of the separate girls' school in 1842. The account describes the two teachers working with as many as 260 pupils in one room, assisted by two monitors. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery East (W.D.)
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Coordinates
- 51.81703, -9.02696
- Mapped area
- 84.45 km²
- Logainm ID
- 620 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmichael. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Swete, estate2639 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
- School History · Dromleigh National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.