placenamesBrawny
Breámhaine
The parish on Athlone’s eastern bank received separate assistance for its church and glebe-house.
Recorded locationBrawny53.41933° N · 7.89353° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Breámhaine · Irish · main form
- Brawny · English · main form
Place & story
Building on the Westmeath side
Saint Mary’s parish, on the eastern side of Athlone within Brawny barony, had its church rebuilt in 1826. Samuel Lewis recorded a £2,300 grant from the Board of First Fruits for the work. The glebe-house had been built in 1812 with a £100 gift and a £500 loan from the same body. These transactions belong to Saint Mary’s, distinct from Saint Peter’s parish across the Shannon in Roscommon. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Brawny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Description of Athlone: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-23. How this page was prepared.