placenamesDelvin
Dealbhna
Lewis recorded patron-supported teaching at Ballyhealy and Moortown alongside a national school at Ballinvalley.
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
- Dealbhna · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Delvin · English · main form
Place & story
A parish school network
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Castletown-Delvin account identifies a school at Ballyhealy under Mrs Batty’s patronage and another at Moortown supported by the Marquess of Westmeath. A national school operated at Ballinvalley. Together these schools taught ninety-six boys and 121 girls. Five private schools across the parish taught another 170 boys and 110 girls, recording a broader provision for education around the market town. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Delvin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Castletown-Delvin: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2016-09-29. How this page was prepared.