placenamesAgivey
Áth Géibhe
Lewis described a tithe-free district with fertile land and dwindling peat fuel.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Áth Géibhe · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Agivey · English · main form
Place & story
Land and fuel in 1837
Agivey’s nineteenth-century grange lay on the western bank of the Bann and formed part of the London Ironmongers’ Company estate. Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that the district was free from tithe and parochial assessment. He described fertile ground divided into small holdings, but judged that tenants lacked the capital needed to improve it. This was his contemporary assessment of farming conditions. A small area of bog supplied fuel, although he reported that it was almost exhausted. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Agivey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Agivey, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2009-01-27. How this page was prepared.