placenamesKilpatrick
Cill Phádraig
Lewis described a model-garden project intended to teach labourers how to cultivate small allotments.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Phádraig · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilpatrick · English · main form
Place & story
Small plots within a larger project
C. G. Harvey had set aside nearly eleven statute acres for the Kyle Model Gardens when Samuel Lewis described Kilpatrick parish in 1837. The scheme proposed half a rood for each of six labourers’ families, with flowers, fruit, vegetables and bees among its activities. The eleven acres described the broader project, rather than the size of each family’s allotment. [2]
Learning without a fee
An experienced gardener was to provide instruction free of charge. Lewis also described a planned demonstration plot devoted to keeping a cow on a small holding. The project followed the London Labourers’ Friend Society’s approach and aimed to fit gardening around ordinary employment. His account records its intended teaching programme, without demonstrating its later results or how long it operated. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Shelmaliere East
- Coordinates
- 52.37981, -6.51079
- Mapped area
- 10.1 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2655 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilpatrick. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilpatrick, Shelmalier — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-08-06. How this page was prepared.