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Clabby

Clabaigh

Saint Margaret’s Church preserves the architectural ambition and patronage behind Clabby’s nineteenth-century parish.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Methodist Church, Clabby.
Illustration, Methodist Church, Clabby
Recorded locationClabby54.40585° N · 7.36855° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded 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

  • Clabaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Clabby · English · main form

Place & story

A church endowed by the landlord

The site deed for Saint Margaret’s dates from 1864. The Reverend J. G. Porter, the local landlord, paid for the church, which was constructed during the 1860s. Its consecration was performed by Marcus Gervais Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh. In 2025 the congregation marked the 155th anniversary of that consecration. [2]

Welland and Gillespie’s Gothic design

The Church of Ireland’s architectural survey attributes Saint Margaret’s to Welland and Gillespie and dates the work to 1864–1870. Its design draws on Early French Gothic architecture. A tower and spire rise at the south-west corner, while gabled side windows and short transepts shape the body of the church. The east end has a five-light window with plate tracery; a rose window lights the west end. [3]

People & connections

A memorial in coloured glass

The parish history identifies the Reverend Frances James Hurst as Clabby’s first rector, appointed in 1873. Under his direction an east window of stained glass was installed in memory of Porter. The window thus commemorates the patron whose gift had established the church, while recording the work of the first rector in completing its interior. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Population centre
County
Fermanagh
Civil parish
Enniskillen
Coordinates
54.40585, -7.36855 (approximate)
Logainm ID
130614 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Clabby. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Clabby Church marks 155th anniversary of consecration, 13 October 2025 · Church of Ireland
  3. Clabby, Saint Margaret: architectural and stained-glass survey, 27 May 2009 · Church of Ireland, Gloine
  4. Methodist Church, Clabby illustration: based on a Clabby Methodist Church by Kenneth Allen. 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 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.