placenamesArdbraccan
Ard Breacáin
A former rector’s gift supported children from across the diocese.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ard Breacáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ardbraccan · English · main form
Place & story
Training beyond the parish
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Ardbraccan account records a £500 bequest from Dr Chetwood, a former rector, and a separate annual £30 provision from Dr Sterne, Bishop of Clogher. The funds supported apprenticeships for Protestant children of the diocese with Protestant masters and mistresses. Lewis reported about thirty children being apprenticed each year through these funds. Their reach extended beyond Ardbraccan’s own parish: the local connection was Chetwood’s former ministry, while the stated beneficiaries came from the wider diocese. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Navan Lower
- Coordinates
- 53.64882, -6.75186
- Mapped area
- 26.26 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1824 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardbraccan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardbraccan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-08-12. How this page was prepared.