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Kilmeadan

Cill Mhíodáin

Kilmeadan’s modern history brings together co-operative dairy production and a railway station reused for a community heritage project.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Kilmeadan station on the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway, as photographed in 2018.
Illustration, Kilmeadan station on the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway, as photographed in 2018
Recorded locationKilmeadan52.23207° N · 7.24099° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

cillchurch

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 Mhíodáin · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Kilmeadan · English · main form

Place & story

From milk collection to cheese

Kilmeaden Co-operative Society began in 1916 when one hundred local farmers formed a society with help from the Irish Agricultural Organisation. Its creamery received its first milk that August. Construction of a cheese factory began in 1965 on land opposite the general store, and cheddar was initially sold locally to farmers and co-operative employees. Production later moved to Ballyragget in County Kilkenny, while the Kilmeaden name remained on the cheese. [2]

Railway heritage at Kilmeadan

Waterford Suir Valley Railway opened in 2003, bringing a new narrow-gauge heritage operation to the old railway corridor. The Irish Railway Records Society donated the original Kilmeadan station sign for the opening. The operator’s account records an 1878 platform and a converted Irish Rail Mark 2 carriage serving as the ticket office. These reused railway features connect the community project with the station’s earlier life. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Population centre
County
Waterford
Civil parish
Kilmeadan
Coordinates
52.23207, -7.24099
Logainm ID
1414603 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Kilmeadan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Kilmeaden Co-operative Society celebrates 100 years, 2 August 2016 · Glanbia / Tirlán FarmLife
  3. Railway Tour: Kilmeadan station and railway heritage · Waterford Suir Valley Railway
  4. Kilmeadan station on the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway, as photographed in 2018 illustration: based on a Waterford and Suir Valley Railway, Kilmeadan Station by David Dixon. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-08-26. How this page was prepared.