placenamesFarnaght
Farnocht
Estate architecture and archaeological investigation preserve different parts of Farnaght’s local history.
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
- Farnocht · Irish · main form · validated name
- Farnaght · English · main form
- Farnaught · English · main form · local name
Place & story
The former estate school
Farnaght’s former school, on the Lough Rynn estate, dates from about 1870. Its stone walls, brick window surrounds and decorative timber bargeboards give the small building an elaborate appearance. A projecting porch has a shouldered arch, and the original approach crossed a single-span stone bridge. The building later became a house. [2]
Reassessing an old monument
Work at Farnaght graveyard in 2001 questioned an older interpretation of a nearby ruin. Although marked as an oratory on Ordnance Survey mapping, the structure may instead be a tower-house. Archaeologist Rosanne Meenan reported no evidence that the graveyard was early Christian or medieval. Monitoring a replacement boundary-wall trench revealed nothing of archaeological interest. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Farnaght. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Farnaght School: NIAH 30936004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- 2001:732 Farnaght, Leitrim, licence 00E0867 · Rosanne Meenan
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.