placenamesKilnamanagh
Cill na Manach
A school and a residents’ recreation centre record how Kilnamanagh’s growing housing estate acquired shared facilities.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill na Manach · Irish · main form
- Kilnamanagh · English · main form
Place & story
From classrooms to community facilities
St Kevin’s Girls’ School records its first intake on 1 July 1975: 71 children, including boys while their separate school was still being built. Treasa Bennett was the first principal, assisted by Sr Irene. The school’s account recalls teachers walking to the priest’s house in Elmcastle for lunch because there was initially no staffroom. [2]
A centre funded by residents
Kilnamanagh Family Recreation Centre traces its origins to the residents’ association and its campaigns and social projects. Households contributed through a weekly collection, organised by road collectors and supervisors. A limited company was incorporated in April 1985 to carry the project forward. President Patrick Hillery opened the completed centre in July 1989. An extension opened in 2007 included a day-care centre and members’ bar. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Uppercross
- Civil parish
- Tallaght
- Within
- Kilnamanagh
- Coordinates
- 53.30009, -6.36488 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412141 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilnamanagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History of St Kevin’s Girls’ School · St Kevin’s Girls’ National School, Kilnamanagh
- History of KFRC · Kilnamanagh Family Recreation Centre
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2018-10-09. How this page was prepared.