placenamesPhilipstown Lower
An Daingean Íochtarach
Ballycommon’s church buildings show different forms of nineteenth-century funding within the barony.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Daingean Íochtarach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Philipstown Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Two kinds of building assistance
Ballycommon parish, within Philipstown Lower barony, received both grants and repayable assistance for its church buildings. Samuel Lewis recorded that the Board of First Fruits contributed a £450 gift and a £160 loan towards the glebe-house in 1817. His 1837 account also reported a recent £335 grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for repairs to the church. These amounts concern Ballycommon’s buildings, rather than expenditure across the whole barony. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Philipstown Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballycommon: 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.