placenamesSheffin
Tigh Fiachna
A local graveyard survey documents changing materials and surviving memorials.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Tigh Fiachna · Irish · main form · validated name
- Sheffin · English · main form
Place & story
Sandstone and limestone memorials
Mary Casteleyn and Bernie Kirwan’s account of Tifeaghna graveyard, published in 2019, records 128 memorials after mapping the burial ground. They identified three stones with dates before 1750, the earliest bearing 1722, and described those early examples as apparently cut from red sandstone. Memorials of the early nineteenth century were predominantly Kilkenny limestone. Their survey places Tifeaghna within the old parish of Sheffin and notes that no stone of the former church was evident when they examined the site. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Sheffin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tifeaghna, parish of Sheffin: graveyard survey, 24 August 2019 · Mary Casteleyn and Bernie Kirwan, Kilkenny Graveyards
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.