placenamesSaint Feighin's
Lewis traced two different watercourses from the lake in his 1837 parish description.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Saint Feighin's · English · main form
Place & story
A stream beneath the hills
Samuel Lewis described a stream leaving the south-eastern side of Lough Lene, passing beneath hills and emerging near Fore village to turn a mill. It then continued as the Glore towards the River Inny. His 1837 account separately identified an eastern outlet taking another course towards Lough Dele. This preserves his description of the waterways, without presenting it as a modern hydrological survey. [2]
Fields, stone and neighbouring markets
Lewis described Saint Feighin’s parish as predominantly cultivated, with light, gravelly soil and some mountain land. Limestone was abundant but of inferior quality, while other quarries supplied good building stone. Markets, fairs and petty sessions were held at Collinstown, distinguishing that trading centre from the smaller village of Fore. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saint Feighin's. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Feighan of Fore — 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.