placenamesGaultiere
An Ghailltír
Lewis’s Faithlegg account records a charitable award directed to an employer.
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
- An Ghailltír · Irish · main form · validated name
- Gaultiere · English · main form
Place & story
Rewarding the provision of work
Dr. W. Downes, buried in Faithlegg’s old church, left £50 annually for the person employing the greatest number of poor people in a useful manufacture, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. The bequest linked charitable intent with the provision of work. Lewis describes the condition attached to the award, without naming a recipient or showing that it produced a particular factory or number of jobs. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Gaultiere. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Faithlegg: 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.