placenamesFiddown
Fiodh Dúin
Fiddown is a civil parish in Kilkenny. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationFiddown52.36774° N · 7.30220° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Fiodh Dúin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Fiddown · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Iverk
- Barony
- Knocktopher
- Coordinates
- 52.36774, -7.30220
- Mapped area
- 45.44 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1294 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fiddown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.