placenamesCreeve
An Chraobh
Lewis recorded two different forms of schooling in this Roscommon parish in 1837.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Chraobh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Creeve · English · main form
Place & story
Schools supported by annual donations
Two schools in Creeve operated under the Elphin Diocesan Society in 1837. Samuel Lewis named Viscount Lorton, the rector, the curate and the Rev. Mr Lloyd among those making annual donations. About seventy children attended the two schools together. Lewis also recorded two hedge schools teaching roughly eighty children in total, showing another strand of educational provision alongside the society’s schools. [2]
Chapels at Ryefield and Caighy
Lewis identified Catholic chapels at Ryefield and Caighy, using those spellings, and placed Creeve’s Church of Ireland vicarage within the Ardclare union. His landscape description emphasised low limestone elevations and gravel, with little bog. These details locate his account in the parish north of Elphin, on the road towards Boyle. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Frenchpark
- Coordinates
- 53.84100, -8.12833
- Mapped area
- 18.52 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2065 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Creeve. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Creeve — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-08-22. How this page was prepared.