placenamesKilgobbin
Cill Ghobáin
Mervyn Archdall’s clerical work coincided with an interest in local antiquities.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Ghobáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilgobbin · English · main form
Place & story
Archdall and Beranger
The antiquary Mervyn Archdall became curate of Kilgobbin after Thomas Gascoyne’s death in 1753. Francis Elrington Ball’s history records that Archdall continued to study the neighbourhood’s antiquities while serving here. He guided Gabriel Beranger to the monument known as the Brehon’s Chair at Glensouthwell. Jeremy Walsh succeeded him in 1758. The connection places Kilgobbin’s clergy within the eighteenth-century study of the surrounding landscape, alongside their duties at the parish church. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilgobbin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- A History of the County Dublin, volume III, chapter 4: Parish of Kilgobbin · Francis Elrington Ball
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.