placenamesKilfaughnabeg
Cill Fachna Bheag
Lewis distinguished mineral extraction from evidence of a deposit in his 1837 parish account.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Fachna Bheag · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilfaughnabeg · English · main form
Place & story
What had been worked
Samuel Lewis recorded slate quarries and manganese extraction in Kilfaughnabeg in 1837. On the lands of Glandore, however, he reported indications of copper. His wording distinguishes minerals already being raised from a copper deposit whose commercial working he did not establish. He supplied no production figures or precise quarry locations. [2]
A farming exception at Drumbeg
Lewis described the continued use of a heavy plough and horses carrying manure and harvested produce. He singled out the lands of Drumbeg as an exception, crediting their proprietor with adopting improved implements and farming practices. This is a comparison within his historical parish account, rather than a description of the whole area’s present agriculture. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery East (W.D.)
- Coordinates
- 51.56739, -9.10396 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 12.84 km²
- Logainm ID
- 605 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilfaughnabeg. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilfaughnabeg — 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.