placenamesKinure
Cionn Iúir
Lewis connected the peninsula’s farming with the distance from a supply of lime.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Cionn Iúir · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kinure · English · main form
Place & story
A local material and a distant supply
Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that sea sand was Kinure’s principal agricultural manure. Lime could not be obtained within nine miles, putting it beyond the ordinary farmer’s means in his assessment. He described the land as generally good and chiefly tilled, within a coastal peninsula bounded by Oysterhaven to the west and the Donbogue creek to the east. The account shows how access to a soil treatment constrained farming even where the land itself was considered productive. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kinure. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kinnure: 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.