placenamesKilfergus
Cill Fhearghasa
Lewis records shell manure and limestone brought to the parish by water.
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 Fhearghasa · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilfergus · English · main form
Place & story
Materials for agricultural improvement
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Glin account explicitly names the parish as Kilfergus. He describes farmers using shell manure raised from the Shannon or brought from the opposite shore. Limestone was sometimes brought from Foynes Island and burned for manure. These supplies supported a farming district with dairy farms and crops grown on some mountain land. The account records historical sources of agricultural material without quantifying the cargoes or identifying individual suppliers. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilfergus. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Glin (Kilfergus): 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.