Killagoola has locally derived place-names such as Mountview, Sruthan, Sceith and Baile Thiar to distinguish areas of the townland.

Some lithic resources found in the reservoir are thought to have been derived locally, although there were also exotic materials present.

Today, the local economy is centered on the town's population of affluent, part-time residents, whose income, for the most part, is not locally derived.

At the base there is a locally derived ground moraine that may be a remnant glacial deposit of much greater antiquity.

The deposits have been tentatively dated as Eocene, and compared with Gunwalloe beach material very little of the Loe Bar shingle is locally derived.

The ratio of the locally derived precipitation () to total precipitation () is known as the recycling ratio, : .

They are composed of multicoloured, locally derived felsic and mafic volcanic rocks, granodiorite, quartzite and massive, graded and laminated sandstone and siltstone.

And they are questioning the rights of foreigners to exploit their locally derived products.

As of December 31, 2008, some stations opting to carry a locally derived weather information operate under the local name, NBC Plus.

The coesite was found in the building stone (suevite) of the Nördlingen town church, constructed from locally derived stone.