placenamesArdfinnan
Ard Fhíonáin
Lewis recorded trading, courts and a bequest for Protestant children in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ard Fhíonáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ardfinnan · English · main form
Place & story
A fair and two patents
Samuel Lewis described Ardfinnan’s fair on 2 February as chiefly a market for pigs. His 1837 entry also noted patents for fairs on 17 May and 19 November, without stating that these were held. Petty sessions met fortnightly, while a manorial court sat six times a year. These were different court schedules, alongside the village’s trading calendar. [2]
Support for apprenticeships
Dr Downes left an annual sum of £8, six shillings and eight pence, stated in the older currency, for apprenticing Protestant children. Lewis did not name the trades, masters or recipients. The bequest is evidence of a specific form of support for training, rather than proof that every child in the parish received assistance. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Coordinates
- 52.32076, -7.86635
- Mapped area
- 7.4 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2239 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardfinnan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardfinnan — 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.