placenamesFerrard
Fir Arda
Port parish’s national school drew on collective subscriptions and Sir Patrick Bellew’s support.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Fir Arda · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ferrard · English · main form
Place & story
A school serving the coastal parish
About 290 children attended the national school at Boycetown when Samuel Lewis described Port parish in 1837. The schoolhouse had been built through subscriptions, with Sir Patrick Bellew contributing towards the cost. Lewis’s account identifies support for education within this coastal Ferrard parish, while leaving the building date and individual subscription amounts unstated. His pupil figure describes the school, rather than the population of Boycetown or the whole parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ferrard. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Port: 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.