placenamesCastaheany
Teach Chainnigh
Older estate land and new school campuses reveal Castaheany’s transition from countryside to a growing Dublin neighbourhood.
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
- Teach Chainnigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Castaheany · English · main form
Place & story
Land outside the Luttrell estate
Castaheany had a distinct place in the seventeenth-century landholding pattern of Clonsilla parish. Francis Elrington Ball’s history identifies Hartstown and Castaheany as Barnewall property, separate from the extensive Luttrell estate surrounding them. His account records no buildings on those lands at that time. This is evidence for an earlier rural landscape; it does not establish the age or origin of the modern housing estates bearing the name. [2]
A school community before a permanent home
Castaheany Educate Together National School opened in September 2004 without its own premises. Its pupils travelled daily to Griffeen Valley school in Lucan, then moved to temporary classrooms at Littlepace in 2005. A permanent building followed in nearby Ongar Village in 2008. The school records a celebratory walk from Littlepace to Ongar on 9 June, when children, parents and staff marked their move together. Its name thus followed a growing community through several locations. [3]
A shared school and community campus
Castaheany Community Centre was built in 2008 as part of the Fingal Schools Model, sharing a campus with Mary Mother of Hope National School on Littlepace Road. Its sports hall includes a stage, with meeting rooms and an all-weather pitch alongside it. The arrangement gives the neighbourhood a place for community activities outside school hours, adding a civic role to an educational site. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castaheany. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Parish of Clonsilla: A History of the County Dublin, part IV · Francis Elrington Ball
- All About Our School · Castaheany Educate Together National School
- Castaheany Community Centre: history and facilities · Fingal Community Facilities Network
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-02-17. How this page was prepared.