placenamesKilfarboy
Cill Fear Buí
Lewis’s 1837 account distinguishes planned repairs and rebuilding from work already completed.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill Fear Buí · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilfarboy · English · main form
Place & story
Church maintenance and a larger chapel
Kilfarboy’s Church of Ireland church at Miltown had been built in 1802 with £500 from the Board of First Fruits. In 1837 Samuel Lewis reported a £104 grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for repairs that were about to begin. His parish account also said the Catholic chapel at Miltown was about to be rebuilt on a larger scale. Both descriptions concern anticipated work. They document intentions and available funding at that date, while leaving the completion of either project to later evidence. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilfarboy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilfarboy: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2022-09-05. How this page was prepared.