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An Déis Bheag
Lewis’s Fedamore account identifies the people and land supporting two parish schools.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Déis Bheag · Irish · main form · validated name
- Smallcounty · English · main form
Place & story
Land and buildings for education
In Fedamore parish, chiefly within Smallcounty but extending into Clanwilliam, Samuel Lewis recorded two public schools in 1837. The parochial school occupied half an acre taken from the glebe, and Godfrey Massey, formerly the curate, paid for a residence for its master. H. O’Grady built and supported the other school at Grange. Lewis’s figure of about 200 children covers both public schools together, rather than either school alone. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Smallcounty. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Fedamore: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.