placenamesKilmoe
Cill Mua
Lewis’s 1837 account describes farming across a coastal parish of mountain, bog and small cultivated holdings.
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 Mua · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmoe · English · main form
Place & story
Cultivation below the mountains
Samuel Lewis estimated that about a third of Kilmoe parish was cultivated in 1837, chiefly by digging with spades. Bog and mountain occupied the remainder, although land at the foot of the mountains provided good grazing. His account concerns the wider parish containing Crookhaven and Rock Island. [2]
Copper present, without mines
Lewis reported copper deposits and pieces of copper in mountain streams, but stated that no mines had been opened. Mineral occurrence in this account therefore differs from an established mining industry. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery West (W.D.)
- Coordinates
- 51.49309, -9.72401 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 58.36 km²
- Logainm ID
- 622 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmoe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmoe: 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.