placenamesKilliney
Cill Iníon Léinín
Lewis’s parish account connects the nearby hills with harbour construction.
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 Iníon Léinín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killiney · English · main form
Place & story
The Three Sisters and the harbour
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Killiney describes three nearby hills known as the Three Sisters. Stone from one of them supplied the construction of Kingstown harbour, now Dún Laoghaire. He did not name that particular hill in the passage. Lewis also distinguished parish from village: he placed Killiney village on the southern side of the third hill, within the neighbouring parish of Kill. The account connects the hills with harbour building while preserving that geographical distinction. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killiney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killiney, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.