placenamesUrney
An Urnaí
Lewis recorded estate, national and religious-society support across the parish school network.
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 Urnaí · Irish · main form
- Urney · English · main form
Place & story
From Farnham lodge to Drumkeen
Lord Farnham wholly supported two schools in Urney parish, one in Cavan town and another at the lodge of Farnham demesne, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. A school at Coolboyague operated under the National Board, while Drumkeen’s came under the Society for Discountenancing Vice. With Cavan’s Royal endowed school, these made up five public schools teaching about 370 children in total. Eight private schools taught roughly another 270 children. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cavan
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Barony
- Loughtee Lower
- Coordinates
- 54.02810, -7.39999
- Mapped area
- 31.7 km²
- Logainm ID
- 397 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Urney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Urney, Cavan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-08-13. How this page was prepared.