placenamesAghade
Áth Fhád
Lewis recorded a repair grant alongside the parish’s worked stone.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Áth Fhád · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Aghade · English · main form
Place & story
Building materials and a planned repair
Limestone and building granite were quarried in Aghade parish beside the Slaney, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. The old parish church stood on rising ground above a small stream and needed repair. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners had granted five hundred and ninety-one pounds towards a new roof, but Lewis described the roofing as work still to come. His account separates the authorised repair from its completion. It also records a school teaching fifty-seven boys, without naming its teacher or identifying the building. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aghade. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Aghade, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.