Information about Kilcummin Parish

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Kilcummin Parish
Irish Form of Name:
Cill Chuimín
Translation:
St. Cuimin’s Church
Civil Parish:
Kilcummin
View all place names in this civil parish.
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Kilcummin Parish
Kilcomine Barony Cess Book
Killcommon Beaufort’s Map of Ireland
Kilcummin Parish Boundary Surveyor
Killcommon Carlisle’s Topl. Dictionary
Killcomen Down Survey 1656
Island N.1 No name
Kilcomine Printed Townland List
Description:
An extensive and mountainous barony.
Situation:
In Lough Corrib, it belongs to the townland of Carhoomoreknock. Contains ½ acre of rock and brushwood situated about 2 chains N. of the townland of Carhoomoreknock.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Kilcummin Parish is in Carrowmoreknock townland.
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