placenamesClanmahon
Clann Mhathúna
Lewis recorded an 1821 church supported by a Board of First Fruits loan.
Recorded locationClanmahon53.87073° N · 7.36280° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Clann Mhathúna · Irish · main form
- Clanmahon · English · main form
Place & story
A loan for a parish building
Ballintemple’s church was erected in 1821 with help from a £1,200 loan from the Board of First Fruits, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. The parish formed part of the deanery union of Kilmore. Lewis separately recorded three Catholic chapels, known as the upper chapel, lower chapel and chapel of ease. These references document distinct religious provisions within the Cavan parish in Clanmahon. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clanmahon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballintemple, Cavan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.