placenamesKilbride
Cill Bhríde
Maeve Dunne’s local account records features around the old churchyard.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Bhríde · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilbride · English · main form
Place & story
Crosses on the hillside
Maeve Dunne describes a standing stone on Kilbride hill bearing one large incised cross and two smaller crosses beneath its arms. She records Saint Bridget’s Well southwest of the old church. Her account distinguishes these Kilbride features from the separate churchyard and tall pillar-stone at Doonfeeney. [2]
Father Flanagan’s grave
Dunne also records a tombstone erected in 1879 over Father P. Flanagan’s grave. The grave had attracted local pilgrims, and clay was sent to people seeking his intercession. This documents a devotional practice associated with the burial, without establishing the claimed efficacy of the clay. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilbride. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The Old Parishes of Kilbride and Doonfeeney · Maeve Dunne / Mayo Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.