placenamesFartullagh
Fir Thulach
Lewis’s Clonfad account records ornamental uses for stone from Gnewbaron Hill.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Fir Thulach · Irish · main form
- Fartullagh · English · main form
Place & story
Stone for interiors and fields
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Clonfad account identifies grey limestone from Gnewbaron Hill being made into mantelpieces because it took a high polish. He placed part of the hill within Clonfad parish in Fartullagh. Limestone was also quarried at Calverstown, while lime served as the principal agricultural manure. The account records different uses of the local stone, from household interiors to the predominantly pastoral farmland. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fartullagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clonfad or Clonfadforan, Westmeath: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.