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Baile Fhobhair
Oldcastle’s early nineteenth-century churches drew on different sources of support.
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
- Baile Fhobhair · Irish · main form
- Fobhar · Irish · main form
- Fore · English · main form
Place & story
A donated site and a building loan
In Oldcastle, within the Meath district Lewis called Demifore, the Catholic chapel was built in 1815 at a reported cost of £2,000. J. L. W. Naper provided its site and contributed £1,000 towards construction. Lewis separately recorded the Church of Ireland church as rebuilt in 1816 with a £1,000 Board of First Fruits loan; Naper paid for its spire. The matching thousand-pound figures represent different contributions, one a donation and the other a loan. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Old Castle: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-06. How this page was prepared.