placenamesKilgarvan
Cill Gharbháin
Saint Garvan’s church followed a rebuilding proposal recorded before the Famine.
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
- Cill Gharbháin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilgarvan · English · main form
Place & story
From a proposal to a dated building
Samuel Lewis described a small thatched chapel at Caroreigh in Kilgarvan parish in 1837 and noted plans to rebuild it. The architectural inventory identifies Saint Garvan’s as its successor, built in 1843–45 and bearing the date 1845. It credits the church’s erection to the Rev. John Scallon. A further renovation in 1905 changed the interior; the inventory dates the eastern Trinity Window to that year. The sanctuary was reordered again in 1987–88. [2] [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Shelmaliere West
- Coordinates
- 52.36208, -6.70742
- Mapped area
- 17.32 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2562 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilgarvan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Garvan’s Catholic Church, NIAH15703609 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kilgarven in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-31. How this page was prepared.