placenamesEasky
Iascaigh
Lewis recorded a holy well, a saint’s bed and an annual patron associated with St Ernanus.
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
- Iascaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Easky · English · main form
Place & story
A pilgrimage place in the 1837 account
At Alternan in Easky parish, Samuel Lewis recorded a devotional station, holy well and saint’s bed named after St Ernanus. His 1837 account describes the place as frequently visited by pilgrims and gives the last Sunday in July as the date of its patron. This records a local religious observance in Lewis’s time. It does not supply a life of the saint or describe the prayers and rounds performed by individual pilgrims. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Easky. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Easkey: 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.