placenamesKillian
Cill Liatháin
A former mill preserves physical traces of the water system that drove local grain processing.
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 Liatháin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killian · English · main form
Place & story
The stream, wheel and changing roof
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates Killian’s former corn mill to about 1800. Water diverted from the River Shiven supplied its wheel and grain-grinding machinery. The 2009 survey recorded a mill race and wheel remains beside the three-storey limestone building. Its replaced roof and gable stonework showed evidence of an earlier, lower roof pitch. These surviving features document both the mill’s power source and changes to the building. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killian. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killian corn mill, NIAH30404606; survey11December2009 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.