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
Cathair Chinn Lis· Irish · main form · validated name
Caherconlish· English · main form
Place & story
A grant for the town walls
A charter of 1358 granted Caherconlish twenty years of murage, allowing money to be raised for its defences. Lewis recorded this evidence of its earlier status, alongside memories of castles and a college whose site survived in the name College Field. William III camped here on 7 August 1690 on the way to besiege Limerick, and Ginkell followed in 1691. By 1837 Caherconlish was a smaller settlement with fairs, a police station and about 120 houses.[2]
The Gabbett vault and older church
The ruined church on Main Street dates to 1770 but incorporates older fabric. It remained in use until 1871. Its tower and octagonal spire preserve an elegant skyline above the graveyard. An inscription records that William Gabbett established the family vault beneath the chancel around 1670. The building therefore combines the history of a particular local family with the changing parish church, retaining carved limestone details even after the loss of its roof.[3]
People & connections
Edward Henry Carson's new church
A replacement Church of Ireland building began in 1866 and was consecrated in November 1871. Architect Edward Henry Carson designed a Gothic Revival church with a decorated porch, vestry and eastern apse. Marble columns flank the main entrance, and a rose window adds elaborate stone and glass work. A Limerick builder named Cavanagh carried out the construction. Later converted into a private house, the building preserves the craftsmanship of this Victorian investment in the village.[4]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
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Caherconlish — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Caherconlish, Limerick — Census town, CSO 2006 report
2002–2006: census town
700people · 2006
These are the historical areas published in the 2006 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.
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Caherconlish, Limerick — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Caherconlish, Limerick — Census town, CSO 1996 report
1991–1996: census town
636people · 1996
These are the historical areas published in the 1996 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.
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Caherconlish, Limerick — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Caherconlish, Limerick — Census town, CSO 1986 report
1981–1986: census town
559people · 1986
Figures cover the historical town area printed in the 1986 report. Boundaries may have changed between censuses. Legal town, environs and suburb totals remain separate and differ from modern settlement boundaries.
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Caherconlish, Limerick — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.
Caherconlish, Limerick
Published census settlement populations
1,476people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
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