placenamesFaughanvale
An Fhuachonbháil
Lewis recorded estate support that covered different shares of pupils’ schooling costs.
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
- An Fhuachonbháil · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Faughanvale · English · main form
Place & story
Who paid for schooling
At the school Lewis called Graceteel in Faughanvale parish, the Fishmongers’ Company paid all schooling charges for children of cottiers on its estate and half for children of farmers. His 1837 account also describes the parochial school at Muff receiving £30 annually from Erasmus Smith’s charity, alongside donations from the Grocers’ Company and the rector. Its schoolhouse had been built in 1814. These arrangements formed part of the parish’s six public schools, which collectively taught about 370 children. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Faughanvale. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Faughanvale: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-03-27. How this page was prepared.