placenamesFrenchpark
Dún Gar
The de Freyne estate linked several Frenchpark parishes before a major transfer in 1906.
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
- Dún Gar · Irish · main form
- Frenchpark · English · main form
Place & story
Landholding beyond the demesne
The University of Galway’s estate history identifies Lord de Freyne as a principal lessor in Castlemore, Kilnamanagh and Tibohine at Griffith’s Valuation. In July 1906, more than 36,000 acres of the French Park estate vested in the Congested Districts’ Board. That total concerns the wider estate, rather than land measured wholly inside Frenchpark barony. It places the district’s estate history within the larger programme of land reform. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Frenchpark. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- French /ffrench (Frenchpark), estate 554 · Landed Estates, University of Galway
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-11-02. How this page was prepared.