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Breedoge

An Bhrídeog

Church records and two revolutionary-period recollections place Breedoge within religious and political networks around Boyle.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Breedoge Church.
Illustration, Breedoge Church
Recorded locationBreedoge53.90455° N · 8.38853° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

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 Bhrídeog · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Breedoge · English · main form

Place & story

A church consecrated in 1869

The County Roscommon Graveyard Survey dates the consecration of Breedogue’s church to 1869 and records renovation in 1963. The survey places it in Clooncarrow, within Kilnamanagh civil parish and Ballinameen Catholic parish. When the survey was made in 2005, it recorded a single grave just inside the church boundary, with a 1906 date. This is a small church burial plot rather than an extensive adjoining cemetery. [2]

A political meeting remembered by witnesses

Patrick Hegarty’s military witness statement recalls visiting Breedogue during a circuit of political meetings through Cloonloo and Killaraght. He remembered an unnamed priest prolonging his sermon until the party arrived, allowing them to address the congregation, and leaving around two in the afternoon. Jim Hunt independently recalled accompanying Hegarty to the Breedogue meeting. Their accounts place a later confrontation with police on the return journey, rather than at the church itself. [3] [4]

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Roscommon
Barony
Boyle
Civil parish
Boyle
Civil parish
Kilnamanagh
Coordinates
53.90455, -8.38853
Logainm ID
110021 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Breedoge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. County Roscommon Graveyard Survey 2005: Breedogue Church · James Ganly, County Roscommon Heritage Forum
  3. Witness statement WS 1606, pages 15–16 · Patrick Hegarty, Bureau of Military History
  4. Witness statement WS 905, page 2 · Jim Hunt, Bureau of Military History
  5. Breedoge Church illustration: based on a Breedogue Church, County Roscommon by Sarah777. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-06-03. How this page was prepared.