placenamesBrigown
Brí Ghabhann
Lewis records two schools with different sources of support in the Mitchelstown parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Brí Ghabhann · Irish · main form · validated name
- Brigown · English · main form
Place & story
The parochial school of 1827
Brigown’s parochial school was built in 1827 with a grant from the lord-lieutenant’s school fund, on a site provided by the King family. Samuel Lewis recorded in 1837 that it taught applicants free of charge regardless of religion. Annual contributions of £25 from the family and £15 from the rector supported the master and mistress; the rector also supplied coal and other necessities. [2]
Teaching in the old chapel
Another school occupied the former Catholic chapel and received £30 annually from the National Board, alongside chapel collections. Lewis counted about five hundred children across the two schools. Five separate pay schools taught approximately 190 children, a distinct group in his account. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Coordinates
- 52.26670, -8.24489
- Mapped area
- 61.67 km²
- Logainm ID
- 524 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Brigown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Brigown: 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.