placenamesKilbreedymajor
Cill Bhríde Mhór
A historical name-book transcription records how three neighbouring features were arranged.
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 Bhríde Mhór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilbreedymajor · English · main form
Place & story
Features around the church ruins
The Kilbreedy Major name-book transcription places the church ruins and burial ground in Kilbreedy East, north of the road forming the boundary with Stookeens. Toberbreedy, identified there as a holy well, lay north of the church ruins. Logadoon Fort stood south of the same road. These directions distinguish three nearby features rather than treating the well, church and fort as a single structure. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Smallcounty
- Barony
- Coshlea
- Coordinates
- 52.40792, -8.52693
- Mapped area
- 13.95 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1554 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilbreedymajor. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- No. 69: Kilbreedy Major, historical name-book transcription, pp. 23–24 · Historical survey name-book transcription; Limerick Local Studies (host)
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.