placenamesGrean
Grian
Lewis compared a local rock face with Fair Head in County Antrim.
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
- Grian · Irish · main form · validated name
- Grian Ó gCuanach · Irish · main form · historical name
- Grian Fhearainn Ó gCuanach · Irish · main form · historical name
- Grean · English · main form
Place & story
A columned outcrop in the woods
Samuel Lewis described a conspicuous face of basaltic rock in woodland near Lynfield in Grean parish. Its closely joined, tall columns reminded him of Fair Head in County Antrim on a smaller scale. His 1837 account also noted basalt on Knock-na-greine, above a base of broken limestone. These are the rock descriptions and comparison in his historical account; the precise outcrop location and his explanation of its formation require separate geological investigation. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Barony
- Coonagh
- Coordinates
- 52.56253, -8.36270
- Mapped area
- 28.89 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1547 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Grean. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Greane: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.