placenamesNarragh and Reban West
An Fhorrach agus An Réabán Thiar
Churchtown’s former Saint Michael’s Day fair had changed location by 1837.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Fhorrach agus An Réabán Thiar · Irish · main form
- Narragh and Reban West · English · main form
Place & story
A trading day changes its setting
Samuel Lewis recorded that a fair formerly held at Churchtown, also called Rheban, on Saint Michael’s Day had been moved to Athy long before his 1837 account. Churchtown parish stood beside the Barrow on the Athy–Monasterevin road and included part of Athy itself. The transferred fair therefore connects the older Rheban locality with the neighbouring town’s trading life. Lewis supplied no year for the move. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Narragh and Reban West. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Churchtown, or Rheban: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.