placenamesKinneigh
Cinn Eich
Lewis recorded different gifts supporting schools at Castletown and Inniskeen.
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
- Cinn Eich · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kinneigh · English · main form
Place & story
Two schools with local patrons
Samuel Lewis recorded about eighty children across Kinneigh’s two parochial schools in 1837. Lord Bandon had built the Castletown school and endowed it with two acres. At Inniskeen, the Duke of Devonshire provided a house and garden. The vicar contributed £5 annually to each school. These were separate from five private schools, which together taught about 250 children. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery East (W.D.)
- Coordinates
- 51.75947, -8.97062
- Mapped area
- 61.23 km²
- Logainm ID
- 639 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kinneigh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kinneigh: 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.