placenamesKilmonoge
Cill Mosheanóg
Lewis recorded a specialised agricultural trade alongside local starch and vinegar production.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mosheanóg · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmonoge · English · main form
Place & story
Three men to a boat
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Kilmonoge, written as Kilmonogue, identifies sea-sand from Oyster Haven as the principal manure used locally. About forty large boats were engaged in raising and carrying it, each employing three men. His figures describe the sea-sand trade rather than the entire fishing fleet or a total workforce for every harbour activity. [2]
Potatoes and vinegar
Lewis also recorded a manufactory producing starch solely from potatoes and a vinegar distillery belonging to Mr. Jennings of Cork. These businesses appear alongside his notice of flour milling in the parish. The entry identifies their products without quantifying starch or vinegar output or establishing whether the same operator owned both enterprises. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmonoge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmonogue: 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.