placenamesFerbane
An Féar Bán
The wider district preserves estate buildings, carved stonework and a former school beside the Church of Ireland church.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Féar Bán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ferbane · English · main form
Place & story
The Kings of Ballylin
John King established the family at Ballylin in the mid-eighteenth century. His nephew, the Reverend Henry King, succeeded him. The estate's connections extended into Roscommon, where Henry held property in several parishes at Griffith's Valuation. By the 1870s John Gilbert King owned 10,175 acres in King's County and a further 1,033 acres in Roscommon. [2]
What remains of the country estate
The main Ballylin house has disappeared, but its yard, outbuildings and walled gardens preserve a substantial part of the estate. The architectural inventory dates the surviving ranges to around 1820. Carved limestone heraldic plaques mark a carriage arch and the garden entrance. One range subsequently became a dwelling, giving part of the former working courtyard a domestic use. [3]
The school beside the church
At Fair Green, the former primary school stands east of the old Church of Ireland church. Built around 1840, it has a single storey and a southern porch with a round-headed doorway and fanlight. A limestone finial crowns the porch. The inventory records the school as disused in 2004, preserving its earlier role in local education through the surviving building. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ferbane. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- King (Ballylin), estate1566 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
- Ballylin House outbuildings, NIAH14915001 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Former school, Fair Green, NIAH14806015 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.