placenamesKilfearagh
Cill Fhiarach
Lewis recorded different-sized fishing fleets along the parish’s Atlantic coast.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Fhiarach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilfearagh · English · main form
Place & story
Farahie and Moore Bay
In 1837 Samuel Lewis counted about fifty boats employed in fishing at Farahie Bay, near the northern end of Kilfearagh parish. At Kilkee, which he also called Moore Bay, he recorded about half that number. He described these craft as canoes. The figures give an approximate contemporary picture of fishing activity at two distinct parts of the coast. Inland at Lisdeen, he also recorded occasional sittings of a seneschal’s court for the manor of Kilrush, where small debts could be recovered. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilfearagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilfieragh — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-08. How this page was prepared.