placenamesGarfinny
An Ghairfeanaigh
Lewis recorded materials brought inland from Bunbawn strand to manure cultivated ground.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Ghairfeanaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Garfinny · English · main form
Place & story
From the strand to the fields
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Garfinny’s arable ground as manured with seaweed and sand brought from the strand at Bunbawn. Much of the wider parish consisted of mountain pasture. He also recorded a small boulting mill at Flemingstown, placing a local milling enterprise alongside the account of agricultural improvement. His description, published under Garfinagh or Garfiney, concerns the parish northeast of Dingle on the Tralee road. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Coordinates
- 52.14375, -10.23195
- Mapped area
- 15.81 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1074 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Garfinny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Garfinagh or Garfiney, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.