placenamesKillaloe
Cill Dalua
Lewis’s 1837 town account records water-powered machinery and a Shannon boatbuilding yard.
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 Dalua · Irish · main form
- Killaloe · English · main form
Place & story
Cutting stone and building boats
A water-powered mill described by Samuel Lewis in 1837 cut and polished stone and marble for fireplaces, paving slabs and other products. His Killaloe account records about one hundred men employed at the works and slated cottages provided nearby for workers. Beside the mill was a boatbuilding yard belonging to the Shannon Steam Navigation Company. The company carried passengers and goods through Lough Derg to towns upriver, connecting local manufacture with the Shannon’s transport network. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killaloe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killaloe town and parish: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland1837 · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.