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Civil parish

Kilfarboy

Cill Fear Buí

Kilfarboy is a civil parish in Clare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationKilfarboy52.86674° N · 9.37112° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

buíyellowcillchurch

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

Geographic information

Place type
Civil parish
County
Clare
Barony
Ibrickan
Coordinates
52.86674, -9.37112 (approximate)
Mapped area
57.16 km²
Logainm ID
432 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Kilfarboy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2022-09-05. How this page was prepared.