placenamesKilbride
Cill Bhríde
Lewis separates a charitable gift, a loan and Lord Charleville’s contribution to the 1818 church.
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 Bhríde · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilbride · English · main form
Place & story
Several sources of building funds
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 entry treats Tullamore and Kilbride as alternative names for this parish. He records a Gothic church erected in 1818 on the Portarlington road, about half a mile from the town. Its £8,030 British cost comprised a £738 gift and £2,769 loan from the Board of First Fruits, with £4,523 donated by Lord Charleville. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners later granted £700 towards repairs. These sums distinguish initial construction funding from subsequent maintenance, rather than describing one undivided grant. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Offaly
- Barony
- Ballycowan
- Coordinates
- 53.28857, -7.51823
- Mapped area
- 40.61 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2024 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilbride. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tullamore or Kilbride: 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.