placenamesCastleknock
Caisleán Cnucha
Lewis distinguishes a boys’ school supported by a bequest from a girls’ institution maintained through rental income.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Caisleán Cnucha · Irish · main form · validated name
- Castleknock · English · main form
Place & story
Land and legacies supporting education
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 parish account places two schools beside the canal. A bequest from Mr. Morgan maintained the boys’ school. The other drew on land left by a woman named Mercer, producing more than £750 in annual rent. Trustees used that endowment to maintain, clothe and educate fifty girls. The rental figure describes the income from the property, rather than a fee charged to each child or the capital value of the bequest. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Coordinates
- 53.38663, -6.35679
- Mapped area
- 28.87 km²
- Logainm ID
- 835 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castleknock. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Castleknock: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-27. How this page was prepared.