An Chill Bheag/Killabeg

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Hierarchy

townland

An Chill Bheag

genitive: na Cille Bige

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(Irish)

Killabeg

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

beag, big

English small

cill

English church

Hierarchy

county

Loch Garman/Wexford

barony

Scairbh Bhailis/Scarawalsh

civil parish

Cluain/Clone

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the little church

Mhol an Coiste Logainmneacha An Choill Bheag “the little wood” mar leagan Gaeilge d’ainm an bhaile fearainn seo i 2016. D’athraigh an Coiste an moladh sin go An Chill Bheag “the little church” ag mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2026.

Moladh An Choill Bheag “the little wood” mar leagan oifigiúil Gaeilge de Killabeg i bhfianaise ‘Killebegg als. Littlewood’ (CPR, lch. 531) agus a leithéid. Tá sé tagtha chun solais, áfach, go raibh ‘Killebegg alias Littlewood’ agus na haonaid talún eile i gCo. Loch Garman a bronnadh ar Edward Southworthe ar fad suite taobh thall den tSláine ó Killabeg, roinnt acu go díreach os a chomhair. Dá bharr, glacann an Coiste Logainmneacha leis anois gur áit eile ar fad, gar do Killabeg, a bhí faoi chaibidil le ‘Killebegg als. Littlewood’ (CPR, lch. 531), agus na litriúcháin eile atá marcáilte “Ní hionann” sa tábla fianaise anseo (bl. 1612, 1612, 1621). Níl an logainm eile úd in úsáid inniu. Ar athbhreithniú na fianaise, tá an Coiste Logainmneacha den tuairim gurbh é An Chill Bheag, an logainm Gaeilge a thug Killabeg dúinn sa Bhéarla, agus é ag tagairt don suíomh eaglasta atá suite sa bhaile fearainn seo. (Féach HeritageDataMaps WX020-012002; féach freisin Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV: Townland Names of Co. Wexford / Ainmneacha na mBailte Fearainn, Co. Loch Garman, lch. 1104).
English

the little church

An Coiste Logainmneacha / The Placenames Committee recommended An Choill Bheag “the little wood” as the official Irish name of Killabeg in 2016. The Committee changed that recommendation to An Chill Bheag “the little church” in October 2026.

An Choill Bheag “the little wood” was recommended as the official Irish form on the basis of evidence such as ‘Killebegg als. Littlewood’ (CPR, p. 531) and variants thereof. It has come to light, however, that ‘Killebegg alias Littlewood’ and further lands in Co. Wexford granted to Edward Southworthe were all situated on the other side of the River Slaney from Killabeg, some directly opposite. As a result, An Coiste Logainmneacha / The Placenames Committee now considers ‘Killebegg als. Littlewood’ (CPR, p. 531) and variants thereof, marked ‘ní hionann / not the same location’, to refer to a completely different site near Killabeg. This other placename is now defunct. On reconsidering the evidence An Coiste Logainmneacha / The Placenames Committee is of the opinion that it is An Chill Bheag “the little church” that lies behind anglicized Killabeg in this instance, and it refers to the ecclesiastical site situated in this townland (see HeritageDataMaps WX020-012002; see also Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV: Townland Names of Co. Wexford, p. 1104).

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52.5443, -6.53107latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1577	Kylbeg (Hen. Masterson)	Hore Imleabhar: VI, Leathanach: 65 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)
1582	Kilbeg [áit cheart?]	F Alt: 3904 Fiants: Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1610	Kilbege (Wallop)	Inq. Lag. Alt: 7 J. I Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1612	Kiltebegg ows. Little-wood [Ní hionann / Not the same location] Southworthe (CPR 242)	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1612	Kiltebegg, als. Little-Wood [Ní hionann / Not the same location] NAI Lodge/3/203	Lodge MSS Lodge MSS
1619	Kilbegg	Inq. Lag. Alt: 21 JI Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1621	Killebegg alias Littlewood [Ní hionann / Not the same location]	CPR Leathanach: 531 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1635	Kilbegg Petition to the Lord Deputy ... of George Andrew, Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin. Prays for the restitution of the following lands ... and have been detained by Sir Henry Wallop, Sir Adam Colclough, Walter Stafford, Wm. Esmond, and Richard Wadding; 'the yearely rent reserved uppon the said pretended leases or Fee Farmes being not the 5th part of the true yearly value ... Clone, Kilbegg, Tomsallah, Iffernog, Ballinaberny, Corbally Ballinatomin and Tomnafinshig ... the manor and lands of Kinneah ... Polregan ... three plowlands of Magalsse, and the Court of Maglasse (worth £80 a year)	Colclough Papers Leathanach: 12 'Colclough Papers' in Ainsworth, J.F. agus MacLysaght, E. (1958), 'Survey of Documents in Private Keeping, Second Series' in Analecta Hibernica No. 20, pp. 1-16.
1654	Kilibegg (Hen. Walloppe)	CS (LG) Leathanach: 267 Civil Survey IX. County of Wexford (Simington ed., 1953) Bliain: 1654
1660c	Kilibegg & Tomsalagh, Clonne	BSD (LG) Leathanach: 112 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Wexford)
1802	Killybeg (Garnet - Portsmouth)	CGn. Imleabhar: 554, Leathanach: 149, Uimhir: 384674 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1807	Killibeg (Bart. Sparrow)	Gill Subscrib. Leathanach: 91 1997 'Valentine Gill's map of Co. Wexford' in The Past: The Organ of the Uí Cinsealaigh Historical Society No. 20, pp. 90-91.
1830c	Killabeg Clone	TAB Imleabhar: 7 Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1840	Cill bheag little church	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1840	Killabeg	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1840	Killabeg	Co. Cess Rt. 1835:AL (LG) Co. Cess Return May 1835, foinse in AL, Paróiste Mhuire, Scairbh Bhailis, Co. Loch Garman / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, St. Mary's Enniscorthy, Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford.
1840	Killabeg	Fayle, W.D.:AL (LG) Fayle, W.D. (High Constable), finné in AL, Scairbh Bhailis, Co. Loch Garman / witness in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford.
1840	Killabeg	Richards, Rev.:AL (Cluain) Richards, Mr, Rev., finné in AL, Cluain, Scairbh Bhailis, Co. Loch Garman / witness in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Cloone, Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford.
1840	Killabeg	Wex. Conserv. 1839:AL (LG) Registry notice Wexford Conservative June 8th 1839, foinse in AL, Co. Loch Garman / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Wexford.

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