placenamesFoyran
Faobhrán
Lewis recorded an application for assistance and Lord Longford’s promised contribution.
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
- Faobhrán · Irish · main form
- Foyran · English · main form
Place & story
A proposal awaiting assistance
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Foyran parish in County Westmeath records an application to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for help in building a church. Lord Longford had guaranteed the full amount that the commissioners required to be raised by subscription. The promise concerned that required contribution, rather than a stated undertaking to meet every construction cost. Lewis’s account does not establish that the proposed church had already been completed. [2]
The parish beside the water
Lewis described Lough Sheelin as the parish’s northern boundary and the Inny as its western boundary with Longford. A Catholic chapel stood at Tullystown, while about 180 children attended two private schools. The parish also contained the remains of an older church, distinct from the new building then proposed. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Foyran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Favoran or Foyran, 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.