placenamesGraiguenamanagh
Gráig na Manach
Lewis separates a construction donation from recurring support for education.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Gráig na Manach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Graiguenamanagh · English · main form
Place & story
A building gift and annual subscriptions
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Graig account records two national schools educating about 500 children between them. Lord Clifden contributed £50 towards the construction of one school and subscribed ten pounds and ten shillings annually for its support. D. Burtchaell also made an annual donation, whose amount Lewis does not specify. These details distinguish the initial provision of a school building from its continuing support. The pupil total belongs to both schools together, rather than solely to the school receiving Clifden’s contribution. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Graiguenamanagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Graig or Graignamanagh: 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.