placenamesKilbarrymeaden
Cill Bhairméidín
Lewis’s 1837 parish account places mining beside fishing and the coastal limestone trade.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Bhairméidín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilbarrymeaden · English · main form
Place & story
Housing for miners
Samuel Lewis reported substantial copper-ore production by the Irish Mining Company in Kilbarrymeaden in 1837. New houses had recently been built for miners. He distinguished this active copper industry from lead extraction on Kilmurrin strand, which he described as a former activity. The account does not quantify the ore raised or identify individual workers. [2]
A fishing station needing a pier
At Dunbratten, Lewis recorded a fishing station with about twenty-five boats. Limestone was imported from Dungarvan, and he considered a pier desirable for the surrounding district. His proposal records a perceived need for harbour infrastructure at that time; it does not establish that a pier was subsequently built. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Waterford
- Barony
- Decies-without-Drum
- Coordinates
- 52.16939, -7.33514 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 25.61 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2386 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilbarrymeaden. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilbarrymeaden — 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.