placenamesKilmegan
Cill Bheagáin
Lewis recorded support for teachers alongside worship in Castlewellan’s market-house.
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
- Cill Bheagáin · Irish · main form
- Kilmegan · English · main form
Place & story
Accommodation for the master
In his 1837 account of Kilmegan parish in County Down, Samuel Lewis described a parochial school near the church, supported jointly by the Marquess of Downshire and the rector. The marquess had provided its master with a house, a garden and an acre of land. His assistance also extended to a school at Dundrum. These were distinct forms of support within the wider parish, rather than a single school establishment. [2]
Schools and a second place of worship
Lewis listed four other public schools: one aided by Earl Annesley and three connected with the National Board of Education. Each had male and female teachers. Five private schools together educated about 360 children. Alongside services in the parish church, he recorded worship in Castlewellan’s market-house, showing that the church building was not the only venue used for parish services. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Upper, Lower Half
- Barony
- Kinelarty
- Barony
- Lecale Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.25200, -5.89009 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 65738 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmegan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmegan, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.