placenamesFybagh
An Fhadhbach
School history and an early sound-recording archive preserve local lives in Fybagh, also written Fybough.
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
- An Fhadhbach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Fybagh · English · main form
Place & story
Moving the school
Fybough National School traces its origins to an older school established in 1869. Pupils and teachers moved west to the present site in 1964, when the new building opened with 56 children and two teachers under principal Ger Browne. A further extension opened in 2006, adding classrooms and a multipurpose hall. [2]
Tomás Ó Cathaláin
Tomás Ó Cathaláin, born in Fybagh around 1862, contributed to the Doegen Irish-language recording scheme. The archive’s biographical record identifies him as a farmer and postmaster who attended the local primary school. His personal details form records Irish as his mother tongue and an ability to read both Irish and English. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Civil parish
- Kilgarrylander
- Within
- Fybagh
- Coordinates
- 52.16478, -9.82706 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412435 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fybagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Our School History · Fybough National School
- Ó Cathaláin, Tomás: Biographical Note and Personalbogen P-B/35, P-B/36 · Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.