placenamesFahy
An Fhaiche
Fahy’s ruined limestone windmill is a surviving landmark of wind-powered flour production in Offaly.
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
- An Fhaiche · Irish · main form · validated name
- Fahy · English · main form
Place & story
The windmill tower
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates Fahy’s windmill to about 1775. Its circular limestone tower stands on elevated ground, with two entrances opposite one another and narrow openings higher in the wall. The inventory records the interior as ruined and the tower as a reminder of flour production powered by wind. Its approximate construction date does not establish how long milling continued. [2]
The place-name
The Placenames Branch validates An Fhaiche as Fahy’s Irish name and explains it as “the green”. Its record places this Fahy in Ballyburly parish, Warrenstown barony, distinguishing it from similarly named places elsewhere in Ireland. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Offaly
- Barony
- Warrenstown
- Civil parish
- Ballyburly
- Coordinates
- 53.35337, -7.17393 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414333 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fahy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Fahywindmill,NIAH14911014,CountyOffalySurvey2004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- AnFhaiche/Fahy1414333:explanatorynote · Placenames Branch
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.