placenamesPhilipstown Upper
An Daingean Uachtarach
Lewis recorded assistance for a parish extending chiefly through Philipstown Upper, with a smaller part in Geashill.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Daingean Uachtarach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Philipstown Upper · English · main form
Place & story
Support for church and residence
Ballykean parish lay chiefly in Philipstown Upper barony and partly in Geashill, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. He dated its church to 1827 and recorded a £900 grant from the Board of First Fruits towards its erection. The glebe-house received a separate £450 gift and £120 loan from the same body. These figures concern the parish’s buildings, rather than a total for the barony or evidence that the whole parish lay within it. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Philipstown Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballykeane or Killeighy: 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.