placenamesFahy
An Fhaiche
Diocesan history traces Fahy’s association with Meelick and Quansboro.
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
- An Fhaiche · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Fahy · English · main form
Place & story
Names in the Catholic directories
The diocesan account of Fahy and Quansboro traces an earlier connection with Meelick: an entry in the Index of Clonfert Wills described Fahy and Meelick as one parish in 1800. The account identifies 1846 as the first Catholic Directory appearance of the combined name Fahy and Quansboro. Even then, usage varied. The 1848 directory called the parish Kilquain and Meelick; from 1849, the recorded forms included Fahy and Kilquain, Fahy and Quansboro, and simply Fahy. These are successive ecclesiastical descriptions, rather than evidence that the civil parish changed its boundary. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fahy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Parish of Fahy & Quansboro, historical information · Diocese of Clonfert and Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.