placenamesGowran
Gabhrán
Lewis recorded a small endowed institution for four women alongside the parish’s schools.
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
- Gabhrán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Gowran · English · main form
Place & story
An annual allowance for each resident
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Gowran account identifies Miss Diana Agar as the founder of an almshouse for four poor women. Each woman received £5 annually. That figure is an individual yearly allowance, rather than the institution’s total income or a weekly payment. The entry also records Lady Dover’s support for a girls’ school, placing two named women among the supporters of local charitable and educational provision. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Gowran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Gowran: 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.