placenamesRobeen
Róibín
Lewis records an 1818 church project and the parish’s two public schools.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Róibín · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Robeen · English · main form
Place & story
The church of the union
Samuel Lewis described Robeen’s church as the church of the Hollymount, or Kilcommon, union. It had been enlarged in 1818 at a cost of £923 1s 6½d, supplied as a gift from the Board of First Fruits. The description records an enlargement of an existing church, rather than the founding of a new parish or an entirely new building. [2]
Two public schools
Lewis’s 1837 account also recorded about 160 children taught in two public schools. He did not identify their individual sites or divide the pupils between them. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Robeen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Robeen: 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.