placenamesKilcummin
Cill Chuimín
Lewis described a busy exchange of fuel and agricultural supplies along the parish’s coastal waters.
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 Chuimín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilcummin · English · main form
Place & story
Fishing boats carrying other cargoes
In 1837 Samuel Lewis recorded turf carried from the headlands around Kilkerrin and Greatman’s bays to Galway, with seaweed and sea-sand reaching the interior through Lough Corrib for use as manure. Several hundred boats served these trades, including fishing boats between fishing seasons. The sheltered route through Greatman’s Bay had a bottleneck at the rocky Dangan passage: Lewis reported that as many as 200 boats sometimes waited for high tide. Clearing the channel was then a proposal. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcummin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilcummin: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.