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An Chill
The medieval estate behind Kill and Dean’s Grange joined religious administration with a substantial home farm.
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
- An Chill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kill · English · main form
Place & story
A farm serving Christ Church’s canons
Francis Elrington Ball’s 1902 parish history describes the southern Dublin estate of the Augustinian canons of Holy Trinity, the priory beside Christ Church Cathedral. Its grange included a residence for estate business and numerous agricultural buildings. A neighbouring settlement of thirty-five houses accommodated workers, including a bailiff, two smiths, a weaver and a chamberlain. [2]
Continuity after dissolution
When the priory was dissolved in 1539, it was reconstituted as the cathedral establishment: the prior became dean and the canons became prebendaries. The manor of Kill-of-the-Grange supported the dean’s office, and the former priory residence became his country house. This institutional succession helps explain the name Dean’s Grange and the continued management of former monastic land. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Parish of Kill-of-the-Grange, A History of the County Dublin, volume1 (1902) · Francis Elrington Ball
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.