placenamesKilmateed
Cill Mhic Thaidhg
Also written Kilmatead, this locality preserves part of Corkagh’s industrial landscape.
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 Mhic Thaidhg · Irish · main form
- Kilmateed · English · main form
Place & story
Gunpowder mills
South Dublin Libraries identifies the remains of four gunpowder mills and two mill ponds at Kilmatead. Its account describes gunpowder manufacture around Clondalkin between about 1716 and 1815, with Nicholas Grueber and the Arabin family among the operators. The Kilmatead complex formed part of this larger industry. [2]
House and surviving structures
The council’s protected-structures record lists Kilmateed House with its outbuildings and grounds. It also records former Corkagh mills, a two-storey stone powder mill and a mill pond at Kilmateed. These separate entries preserve the distinction between domestic and industrial parts of the locality. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Uppercross
- Civil parish
- Clondalkin
- Within
- Corkagh
- Coordinates
- 53.30658, -6.41939
- Logainm ID
- 137157 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmateed. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The 1787 Explosion at Corkagh Gunpowder Mills, 25 September 2013 · South Dublin Libraries Local Studies
- South Dublin County Development Plan 2022–2028, Appendix 3A, entries 195–199 and 204 · South Dublin County Council
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-07. How this page was prepared.