Civil parish

Kinsale

Cionn tSáile

Kinsale is a civil parish in Cork. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationKinsale51.70243° N · 8.52460° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

ceannhead, headland

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

Cionn tSáile · Irish · main form · validated name
Kinsale · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Civil parish
County: Cork
Barony: Kinsale
Coordinates: 51.70243, -8.52460
Mapped area: 1.67 km²
Logainm ID: 764 ↗

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Kinsale. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.