placenamesCoolkenna
Cúil Uí Chionaoith
An estate house and the surviving papers of a farming family illuminate Coolkenna’s past.
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
- Cúil Uí Chionaoith · Irish · main form · validated name
- Coolkenna · English · main form
- Coolkenno · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Coolkenno Hall
Coolkenna, also called Coolkenno, has a substantial estate history centred on Coolkenno Hall. Colum O’Rourke records Lorenzo Hodson as a major Coolattin tenant in 1724. The Moland survey of 1728 described his stone-and-lime house, slate roof, gardens, orchards and plantations. The house’s precise construction date remains uncertain, although a gatepost bears the date 1717. Hodson supported the building of Saint Michael’s Anglican church in 1722; his wife Elizabeth donated its chalice and paten that year. [2]
The Haskins family
The University of Kansas holds a school roll annotated by Abraham George Haskins, who farmed Coolkenno Hall after his father Thomas Fitzmaurice Haskins. Abraham was also a veterinarian and organist. The library’s account records that he sold his Coolkenno interests in 1912 and retired to Dublin. His annotations preserve personal and family recollections alongside the history of his former school. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Wicklow
- Barony
- Shillelagh
- Civil parish
- Aghowle
- Within
- Coolkenna
- Coordinates
- 52.78189, -6.60672 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412573 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Coolkenna. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History of the Coolkenno District: Coolkenno Hall · Colum O’Rourke / Wicklow Community Archaeology
- Annotations and Additions to Rathmines School Roll, MS C263 · Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.