placenamesKiltartan
Cill Tartan
Lewis’s 1837 parish account records quarry material alongside a contribution towards a Catholic chapel.
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 Tartan · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kiltartan · English · main form
Place & story
Stone in the parish landscape
Samuel Lewis described Kiltartan parish’s limestone as capable of taking a high polish and being quarried in large square slabs. He also identified a quarry of fine black marble at Ballylee. His account records a stone Catholic chapel built in 1837, towards which R. Gregory gave £60. That was a contribution, rather than a stated total construction cost. Lewis also counted about 150 children across three private schools. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kiltartan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kiltartan: 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.