placenamesDunfierth
Dún Firchirt
Lewis’s account places a locally supported school within a predominantly grazing parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Dún Firchirt · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Dunfierth · English · main form
Place & story
A school in cattle country
Samuel Lewis described Dunfierth under the names Dunfort and Dunforth in 1837. Its land was devoted almost entirely to cattle grazing, with part of the Bog of Allen extending into the parish. At Kilshanroe, a school supported by subscriptions taught about sixty children. Lewis also named Dunforth House, Mulgeeth and Metcalfe Park among the local residences. He did not identify the school’s subscribers or associate its support with any particular house. The parish lay on the road from Enfield to Naas. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunfierth. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dunfort or Dunforth, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.