placenamesEnniscoffey
Inis Cofaigh
Lewis recorded both a parochial school and an infants’ school in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Inis Cofaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Enniscoffey · English · main form
Place & story
Schools and local support
Enniscoffey’s parochial school taught about forty-five children when Samuel Lewis described the parish in 1837. Its supporters included the incumbent and Mrs. Smith. A separate infants’ school, with fifty children, depended entirely on Mrs. Smith’s support. Lewis also named Mrs. A. Smith as the resident of Gaybrook, one of the parish’s principal houses. His account distinguishes the schools and their funding, without identifying their teachers or giving the dates when teaching began. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Fartullagh
- Coordinates
- 53.45836, -7.27126
- Mapped area
- 18.02 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2461 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Enniscoffey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Enniscoffey, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.