placenamesBroadford
Áth Leathan
The village’s classrooms and a modern local historian illuminate different stages of Broadford’s educational life.
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
- Áth Leathan · Irish · main form
- Broadford · English · main form
Place & story
Separate classroom decisions
Broadford’s school history records a stone, thatched school established in 1836 in part of a disused Catholic church. The boys’ school gained national recognition after the 1842 application; the girls’ room was rejected as inadequate. A replacement classroom won approval in 1844. [2]
A teacher researching the parish
Retired teacher Pat O’Brien, born in nearby Ardskeagh, devoted decades to researching the wider parish. Dan Danaher’s 2022 interview records the resulting 650-page Broadford Parish 1800–1850, published by Caroline O’Brien at the Celtic Bookshop. O’Brien described consulting family papers and Mary Going’s journal from Violet Hill. His association is with the parish and its schools, rather than a claimed birthplace in Broadford townland. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Civil parish
- Kilseily
- Coordinates
- 52.79743, -8.62274 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 7468 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Broadford. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History of Education in Broadford Parish · Broadford and Kilbane National School
- Pat peels back covers from the rich history of Clare parish, 16 November 2022 · Dan Danaher, The Clare Champion
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-11-29. How this page was prepared.