placenamesKiltormer
Cill Tormóir
Lewis records a late-July observance within the parish in 1837.
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 Tormóir · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kiltormer · English · main form
Place & story
The last Sunday in July
Samuel Lewis’s account of Kiltormer parish records an annual gathering at a holy well on the last Sunday in July. He mentions it immediately after describing castle foundations at Ballydough, on the south side of the road. The account preserves both a seasonal date and an association between devotional practice and the parish landscape. It does not identify the well’s patron saint, describe a ritual or explain the gathering’s origin. The record establishes the observance in Lewis’s time without showing how long it continued afterwards. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kiltormer. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kiltormer: 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.