placenamesKillary
Cill Fhoibhrigh
A dated field visit records the churchyard’s surviving stonework.
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 Fhoibhrigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killary · English · main form
Place & story
Shaft, bases and a missing gable
Antonio D’Imperio’s account of a visit on 31 May 2014 describes Killary’s ruined church and several separate cross remains. A decorated high-cross shaft stands northwest of the church on a circular base. Another base lies inside the church beside its doorway, while a further base and cross fragment stand elsewhere in the graveyard. His record notes that the church’s east gable was missing, with three windows in the south wall and one in the north. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Slane Lower
- Coordinates
- 53.78088, -6.61330
- Mapped area
- 24.88 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1881 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killary. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killary high cross: field visit 31 May 2014 · Antonio D’Imperio, Irish Stones
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.