placenamesKilleagh
Cill Fhiaich
Lewis recorded separate contributions to two buildings in the Meath parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Fhiaich · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killeagh · English · main form
Place & story
Different buildings and different grants
In Killeagh parish, County Meath, Samuel Lewis recorded a church built with assistance from a £500 Board of First Fruits gift in 1800. The same Board gave £450 and lent £50 towards the glebe house in 1814. These were separate projects with different forms of assistance. Lewis does not establish either building’s complete cost, and the glebe-house loan should not be counted as a second church grant. [2]
Chapels across a wider district
The Catholic district described by Lewis joined this parish with Kilbride. Its chapel at Moat stood in Killeagh, while the other chapel, at Dalysbridge, was in Kilbride. The shared district therefore extended beyond this civil parish; the two chapels should not both be placed within Killeagh on the strength of that ecclesiastical connection. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killeagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killagh (Meath), A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.