placenamesKilleely
Cill Fhaoile
A house in the Galway parish connects eighteenth-century Lynch records with Delia Mullin’s ownership in 1906.
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
- Cill Fhaoile · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killeely · English · main form
Place & story
Lavally House
Lavally House stands in the Galway civil parish of Killeely. The University of Galway’s Landed Estates database traces its association with the Lynch family through Wilson’s 1786 account and Lewis’s 1837 description. The latter identified its resident as T. Lynch, who also occupied it at Griffith’s Valuation in 1856, when the house was valued at £20. By 1906 the recorded owner was Delia Mullin. These successive records distinguish occupancy from the later statement of ownership. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killeely. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lavally, property647 — Landed Estates · University of Galway, Landed Estates
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.