placenamesKillarga
Cill Fhearga
The Johnston estate’s sale brought more than 1,700 acres of Killarga parish before the Landed Estates Court.
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
- Cill Fhearga · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killarga · English · main form
Place & story
A parish estate sale
The University of Galway’s Landed Estates Database records John Johnston offering more than 1,700 acres in Killarga parish for sale in May 1862. Its account of the sale reports that the owner purchased some lots, while Mr. Palmer bought others in trust. This was land within Killarga parish, rather than the whole of a Johnston estate extending into neighbouring parishes. The database lists Friarstown House in Killanummery and Aghacashel in Kiltubbrid. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Leitrim
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Coordinates
- 54.21835, -8.17019
- Mapped area
- 60.27 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1483 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killarga. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Johnston (Friarstown), estate 455 · University of Galway, Landed Estates Database
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.