Vol. 9 No. 3 - 2011
Fresh from the 400th anniversary of the Plantation of Ulster in 2009-10, we should not forget that in the modern Craigavon we still have, in daily use, all around us, the townland names of 400 years ago – a practical survival over four centuries of an ancient language which in any other form has now almost disappeared here. It seems a fitting celebration of that survival to record now the townland names of Craigavon and their meanings in the original Irish.
The sources I have used include the published works of Dr Kay Muhr and her colleagues at the Ulster Place-Names project, e.g. A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names (2007), Lough Neagh Places (2007), and the web-site www.placenamesNI.org; the Census of Ireland Index of Townlands published in Dublin in 1861 (using details from the 1851 Census); but in particular Mr Gerry Oates, an experienced Irish scholar from Armagh who has a wide knowledge of local place names and personal names in this area, and who has referenced also the late Dean Mooney’s work. Finally, it was the late Philip Wilson of the Craigavon Museum Service who first set out to make an accurate list of the local townlands. Any mistakes however are all my own.
To start, one must realise that while townland names had been in existence for centuries all over Ireland, they would have been written in Irish - if written at all - until at the Plantation of Ulster the new administrators had to record them in English spelling. This was a virtually impossible task, as anyone will know who has tried to learn Irish: the noises made by speakers of the two languages are not the same and cannot be accurately expressed by the same alphabet. (For one thing, written Irish – like French – uses accents which alter a letter’s sound.)
So in the Craigavon area what we have from Plantation times are townland names as spoken in Gaelic (no doubt with rich local accents), and interpreted by non-Gaelic speakers (no doubt with rich 17th-century spelling habits even in English). Sometimes it may not even be possible to discern the original Irish name among the mists of memory and variant spellings. I have done my best to provide only a brief introduction to this fascinating subject.
In townland names the words that describe the physicality of a place – a hill (Knock or Drum or Tully), a marsh (Annagh), a ford (Ath) etc – occur again and again, all over Ireland. But one unexpected finding in this study has been that so many of the Craigavon townland names occur nowhere else in Ireland: they are very specific, often unique to this area, preserving fragments of memory of a long-lost time when a particular place – maybe a particular field - was the one where a particular person lived. (I have noted cases where exactly the same name does occur elsewhere.)
There are over 200 townlands in Craigavon, so to make reference easier they are listed here in alphabetical order by the (old) civil parish, each with a number to link them to our map. Those who wish more detail can see the actual townland boundaries on the 1973 Ordnance Survey map. The 15 parishes in order of size are the big three central ones: Drumcree which has 66 townlands within Craigavon boundaries, Seagoe with 47 townlands and Shankill with 25; after them come Magheralin (27), Tartaraghan (18), Donacloney (14), Aghagallon (13) and Montiaghs (10), followed by very small numbers for Tullylish (5), Kilmore (2), Moira (2), Aghalee (1), Ballinderry (1), Glenavy (1) and Seapatrick (1). The reason for these widely varying numbers is of course that the boundaries for the new city of Craigavon were drawn heedlessly over the top of the old original land divisions of townland-within-parish-within-barony-within-county – in fact we are probably fortunate that the townland names survived at all.
The old parish of Seagoe was itself the subject of a valuable historical booklet published in 1954 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore; this included a detailed analysis of its townland names by Dean Mooney, who some years later became the first chairman of the newly-formed Craigavon Historical Society. This “Parish of Seagoe” booklet, having been out of print for many years, has recently been reprinted by the Craigavon Historical Society. A special launch party for it was held in the autumn of 2012 to mark some 40 years since the new Roman Catholic parish of Moyraverty was formed by combining some of the old Seagoe townlands with other townlands in the immediate area of the new urban settlement of Craigavon. But my list, like Dean Mooney’s, is based on the old Seagoe.
Townland boundaries themselves – if there were ever any very visible ones on the ground – have of course often been altered over the years. In general, however, historians seem to think that townland sizes usually reflected the quality of the land: in fertile places the townlands were smaller, and in boggier or more thickly forested places they were bigger. In the area round Lough Neagh, however, the several lowerings of the Lough’s water-level over the past 150 years or so have added large acreages of potentially very fertile land to the water-side townlands, which may today therefore contain substantially more acres than the figures quoted here from the 1861 Index to the Townlands of Ireland as recorded in the 1851 Census.
In these lists the current name is given first with the map reference, followed by the wildly varying acreage (to the nearest whole acre – divide by 2.4 to get it in hectares), and then my best guess at the original Irish name and its English meaning, together with a few explanatory notes – but please follow up the sources yourself if you want the full story.
Townlands are grouped by parish – starting with Tartaraghan in the east and working westwards towards Aghalee in the east. Reference numbers (Ref.) in tables refer to the number on key map.
Parish of Tartaraghan – 17 Craigavon townlands | ||
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Barony of Oneilland West (County Armagh). Irish Tarth Araghan meaning Araghan’s house-site. Total acreage of parish 11,612 including 1,917 Lough Neagh, 204 small loughs | ||
Townland (acres) | Irish | Meaning |
1. Ballynarry (579) | Baile na nAireamh | Townland of the ploughmen (a few others) |
2. Breagh (355) | Brí, breagh | A low hill |
3. Cloncarrish (190) | Cluain carais | Meadow of the rocky hill |
4. Cloncore (548) | Cluain corr | Meadow of the herons |
5. Clonmacash (196) | Cluain Mhic Cais/Coise | Meadow of McCash/McCosh (“Son of foot”, i.e. messenger) |
6. Clonmakate (302) | Cluain Mhic Cathmhaoil | McCawell/McCall’s meadow |
7. Clontylew (147) | Cluainte leamha | Meadows of the elm trees |
8. Derrinraw (907) | Doire an rathe | Oakwood of the fort |
9. Derryaugh (174) | Doire each | Oakwood of the horses |
10. Derrycaw (269) | Doire catha | Oakwood of the battle (Two others in Drumcree & Clonfeacle) |
11. Derrykeeran (382) | Doire chaoráin | Oakwood of the bogland |
12. Derrykeevan (277) | Doire Uí Chaomháin | O’Keevan’s oakwood |
13. Derrylard (595) | Doire leathard | Half-raised oakwood (a few similar) |
14. Derrylileagh (419) | Doire loilíoch | Oakwood of the milch-cow |
15. Gallrock (244) | Gall chlaróc | (? O’Donovan 1834) Little flat plain of the foreigners |
16. Maghery (324) | An machaire | (earlier Machaire grianáin Plain of the sandy place) |
17. Tarthlogue (118) | Teach Laoghóig | St. Laoghog’s house/church |
Parish of Drumcree – 66 Craigavon townlands | ||
Barony of Oneilland West (County Armagh). Irish Droim Crí, meaning ridge of the boundary: this was the boundary between Clan Can and Clan Brassil west of the River Bann. Total acreage of parish 13,385 including 93 water. | ||
18. Aghanergill (93) | Achadh an eargail | Field of the oratory/hermitage |
19. Annagh (236) | Eanach | Marsh (Very many others) |
20. Annagora (92) | Eanach gabhar | Marsh of the goats |
21. Annakeera (150) | Eanach chaorach | Marsh of the sheep |
22. Artabrackagh (547) | Arda breaca | Speckled heights |
23. Ballyfodrin (101) | Baile Pheadairín | Little Peter’s townland |
24. Ballymakeown (127) | Baile Mhic Eoin | Makeown’s townland |
25. Ballynagowan (498) | Baile na ngabhann | Townland of the smiths (five others across Ireland) |
26. Ballyoran (136) | Baile úaráin | Townland of the cold spring (six others across Ireland) |
27. Ballyworkan (978) | Baile Uí Mhuireagáin | O’Morgan’s townland |
28. Baltylum (145) | Bailte loma | Bare townlands |
29. Breagh (240) | Bríghach | Hilly place (several others) |
30. Cannagola Beg (133) | Ceann na gabhla beag | (Small) head of the fork (?) |
31. Cannagola More (223) | Ceann na gabhla mór | (Big) head of the fork (?) |
32. Canoneill (113) | Ceann Ui Néill | O’Neill’s head/hill |
33. Clonamola (60) | Cluain na mala | Meadow of the hill-brow (Very many Clon or Cloon names across Ireland) |
34. Clonmartin (97) | Cluain Mhairtín | Martin’s meadow |
35. Clownagh (295) | Cluain each | Meadow of the horses |
36. Coharra (110) | Cabrach (?) | Poor land |
37. Corbracky (302) | Corr bhreacaighe | Speckled round hill |
38. Corcrain (200) | Corr chreatháin | Round hill of the bushy place |
39. Corcullentragh Beg (161) | Corr chuileantraighe bheag | (Small) round hill of the holly (a few others) |
40. Corcullentragh More (225) | Corr chuileantraighe mhór | (Big) round hill of the holly |
41. Cornalack (81) | Corr na leac | Round hill of the flagstones |
42. Cornamucklagh (130) | Corr na muclach | Round hill of the piggeries (26 others) |
43. Cushenny (83) | Coiseanaigh | Edge of the marsh |
44. Derryall (363) | Doireál | Oakwood of the broods |
45. Derryanvil (217) | Doire Chonamhail | Conamhail’s oakwood |
46. Derrybrughas (252) | Doirebrughais | Oakwood of the mansion/fairy dwelling |
47. Derrycaw (172) | Doire catha | Oakwood of the battle (2 others in Tartaraghan and Clonfeacle parishes) |
48. Derrycory (196) | Doire Corraidhe | Corry’s oakwood (Two similar in Armagh) |
49. Derrykerran (251) | Doire caorthannán | Oakwood of the rowans |
50. Derrylettiff (182) | Doire leathtaoibh | Oakwood on the hillside |
51. Derrymacfall (431) | Doire Uí Mhaolfábhail | Mulfall’s oakwood |
52. Derrymattry (118) | Doire meidre | Oakwood of the mether |
53. Derryneskan (214) | Doire naoscán | Oakwood of the wood-snipes |
54. Derryvane (190) | Doire bhán | White oakwood (two others) |
55. Diviny (157) | Duibheanaigh | Black marshes (one other) |
56. Drumalis (88) | Droim a’lios | Ridge of the fort |
57. Drumcree (162) | Droimcrí | Ridge of the boundary (between Clan Can and Clan Brassil west of River Bann) (several others) |
58. Drumgoose (95) | Droim gCuas | Ridge of the caves (One other) |
59. Drumharriff (136) | Droim thairbh | Ridge of the bull (Several others) |
60. Druminallyduff (96) | Droim an aill duibh | Ridge of the black cliff |
61. Drumlellum (231) | Droim leithloim (?) | Ridge of the bare side (?) |
62. Drummenagh (160) | Droim meánach | Middle ridge (Several others) |
63. Drumnakelly (484) | Dromainn Uí Cheallaigh | O’Kelly’s small ridge |
64. Drumnasoo (332) | Droim na subh | Ridge of berries |
65. Drumnevan (70) | Droim Neamháin | Nevin’s ridge |
66. Farra (84) | Farrach | Shelving land (Very many others) |
67. Foy Beg (214) | Faithche beag | Smallgreen |
68. Foy More (216) | Faithche mór | Big green (several others) |
69. Garvaghy (135) | Garbh achaidh | Rough field (many others) |
70. Kilmagamish (177) | Cill Mhic Amuis | MacAmish’s church |
71. Kilmoriarty (326) | Coill (Mhic) Muircheartaigh | Moriarty’s/Murty’s wood |
72. Kingarve (180) | Ceann garbh | Rough head/hill |
73. Leganny (58) | Liaganach | Abounding in stones/rocks |
74. Maghon (291) | Magh gamhan | Plain of the calves (one other) |
75. Muckery (349) | Mucairidhe | Piggeries / where swine feed |
76. Mullantine (276) | Mullach an tSiadhain (modern: Mullach a tsiain) | Hilltop of the foxglove |
77. Richmount (123) earlier Aghavellan | Achadh an mhuilinn | English name Field of the mill |
78. Roughan (228) | Ruadhchán | Reddish land (several others) |
79. Selshion (172) | Soilseán | Place of light/bright water (?) |
80. Tavanagh (149) | Tamhnach | Field/clearing (very many variants) |
81. Timakeel (199) | Tí Mhic Caoil | MacKeel’s house |
82. Timulkenny (64) | Tí Mhaolchainnigh | Mulkenny’s house |
83. Unshinagh (75) | Uinseanach | Abounding in ash trees (several others) |
Parish of Montiaghs – 10 Craigavon townlands | ||
Barony of Oneilland East (County Armagh). Irish Na Móinteacha meaning the bogs. Total acreage of parish 18,098, including 12,173 Lough Neagh, 305 L. Gullion, 83 River Bann | ||
84. Ardmore (333) | An aird mhór | The big promontory (many others) |
85. Ballynery (779) | Baile na nAireamh | Townland of the ploughmen |
86. Derryadd (702) | Doire fhada | Long oakwood (a few others) |
87. Derrycor (319) | Doire corr | Oakwood of the herons (one in Tartaraghan) |
88. Derryinver (837) | Doire inbhir | Oakwood of the outflow/estuary (where R. Bann enters Lough Neagh) (A few others) (One in Galway) |
89. Derryloste (555) | Doire loiste | Oakwood of the kneading-trough (i.e. fertile ground) |
90. Derrymacash (803) | Doire Mhic Cais/Coise | Oakwood of McCash/McCosh (“Son of foot”, i.e. messenger) (or Doire ceis – of the wicker causeway ?) |
91. Derrytagh North (266) | Doire eiteach | Oakwood having wings (townland in two parts on either side of Lough Gullion) |
92. Derrytagh South (541) | Doire eiteach | As above |
93. Derrytrasna (811) | Doire trasna | Oakwood running across (One in Co. Laois) (from R. Bann to Lough Neagh) |
Parish of Kilmore – 2 Craigavon townlands | ||
Parish in 2 baronies, Oneilland West and these townlands in Orior Lower (both County Armagh). Irish An chill mhór meaning The big/great church (and old: mentioned in 1120). Total acreage of parish 12,474 in barony Oneilland West and 4,799 in barony Orior Lower | ||
94. Brackagh (760) | Breacach | Speckled land (several others) |
95. Unshinagh (172) | Uinseannach | Abounding in ash trees (several others) |
Parish of Seagoe – 47 Craigavon townlands | ||
Barony of Oneilland East (County Armagh). Irish Tí do Ghobha, meaning house (or church) of Goban the smith. Total acreage of parish 10,982 (including 1,236 water in Lough Neagh and 40 River Bann) | ||
96. Aghacommon (222) | Achadh camán | Field of the hurley sticks (or little bends, as perhaps the winding River Closet at N. boundary) |
97. Annaloist (285) | Eanach loiste | Marsh of the kneading-trough, i.e. fertile ground. Annaloist contains (now marked by Oxford Island Visitor Centre) the site of the ancient graveyard and church known as Kilwilke Glebe, probably the original church of the neighbouring parish of Shankill (Kilwilke from Cill Mhíolchon, church of Míolchú) |
98. Ballydonaghy (122) | Baile Uí Dhonnchaidh | O’Donaghy’s townland (A few others) |
99. Ballygargan (304) | Baile Uí Gheargáin | Gargan’s townland |
100. Ballyhannon (275) | Baile Uí Sheanacháin | Shannon’s/Shanaghan’s townland (a few others) |
101. Ballymacrandal (169) | Baile Mhic Raghnáill | MacRandal’s townland |
102. Ballynacor (320) | Baile na cora | Townland of the weir or causeway (a few others) |
103. Ballynaghy (83) | Baile an eachaidh (?) | Townland of the horseman |
104. Ballynamony (467) | Baile na mónadh | Townland of the bog (many others) |
105. Balteagh (239) | Bailte fhiaich | Townlands of the ravens (?) (a few others) |
106. Bocombra (108) | Buaic iomaire (Mooney) | The ridge peak |
107. Boconnell (175) | Both Chonaill | Conall’s hut, or church |
108. Breagh (257) | Bríghach | Hilly place (several others) |
109. Carn (193) | An carn | The cairn (many others) |
110. Carrick (167) | An charraig | The rock (many others) |
111. Clanrolla (132) | Cluain (an) drola | The winding meadow (similar name in Shankill) |
112. Crossmacahilly (221) | Cros Mhic Eachmhilidh | McCaughley’s cross (roads?) (name meaning horse soldier) |
113. Derryvore (177) | An doire mhór | Big oakwood (a few others) |
114. Drumgask (171) | Droim gCasca | Easter ridge (place for Easter sports ?) |
115. Drumgor (328) | Droim gcorr | Ridge of herons (a very few others) |
116. Drumlisnagrilly (70) | Dromann lios na greallaí | Ridge of the ring-fort of the marsh |
117. Drumnacanvy (111) | Dromann cheannbhuí | Yellow-topped small ridge (or goldcrest’s ?) |
118. Drumnagoon (254) | Dromann Uí Dhubháin | O’Doone’s ridge |
119. Drumnakelly (99) | Dromann Uí Cheallaigh | O’Kelly’s ridge (a few others) |
120. Edenderry (247) | Éadan doire | Hillbrow of the oakwood (several others) |
121. Hacknahay (100) | Achadh na háithe | Field of the kiln |
122. Kernan (170) | Caorthannán | (Place of) rowan trees (a few others) |
123. Killycomain (195) | Coill Mhic Giolla Mhíchil | MacElmeel’s/MacMichael’s wood (ancient name for Servant of St Michael) |
124. Kilvergan (218) | Cill Uí Mhuireagáin | O’Morgan’s church (or wood?) |
125. Kinnegoe (378) | Ceann gabha | The smith’s hill/headland (a very few others) |
126. Knock (105) | An cnoc | The hill (several others) |
127. Knockmenagh (107) | An cnoc meánach | The middle hill (between Shankill/Seagoe parish churches?) |
128. Knocknamuckly (254) | Cnoc na muclaí | Hill of the piggery (several others) |
129. Knockramer (157) | An cnoc ramhar | Fat/fertile hill |
130. Levaghery (286) | Leath-mhachaire | Half-plain, or on one side of R. Bann |
131. Lisnamintry (173 | Lios droim míntíre | Ring-fort of the raised pasture |
132. Lisnisky (184) | Lios an uisce | Ring-fort of the water (moat?) (a few others) |
133. Lylo (117) | Loilgheach (modern Loilíoch, milch cow) | Place of small calves (one other) |
134. Moyraverty (374) | Mágh Raifeartaigh | Rafferty’s plain |
135. Seagoe Lower (290) | Tí do ghobha | House/church of Goban the smith |
136. Seagoe Upper (130) | (as above) | |
137. Silverwood (198) | Coill an airgid | (translated 18th century as Wood of the silver) |
138. Tamnaficarbet 122) | Tamhnach an charbaid | Field/clearing of the boulder |
139. Tamnafiglassan (178) | Tamhnach an ghlasáin | Field/clearing of the green (finch?) |
140. Tannaghmore West (209) | Tamhnach mhór | Big field/clearing (a few others) |
141. Tarsan (203) | Tarsán | Cross-piece, crossing-place (?) |
142. Turmoyra (278) | Tír maighre | Land of the young salmon (it touches Lough Neagh shore at Kinnegoe) |
Parish of Tullylish – 4 Craigavon townlands | ||
Barony of Lower Iveagh Upper Part (County Down). Irish Tulaigh lios meaning Hill of the ring-fort. Total acreage of parish 11,707 including 43 water | ||
143. Ballydugan (947) | Baile Uí Dubhagáin | O’Dougan’s townland (one other) |
144. Ballynagarrick (862) | Baile na gcarraig | Townland of the rocks (two others) |
145. Bleary (911) | An bhladhraigh | The portion or place |
146. Clare (1,334) | An clár | Level plain (several others) |
Parish of Shankill – 25 Craigavon townlands | ||
Parish in two baronies, Oneilland East (County Armagh) and Lower Iveagh Upper Part (County Down). Irish Sean-choill, meaning old wood/forest (later misunderstood as Sean-chill, meaning old church). Total acreage of parish 6,583 (including 420 water in Lurgan lakes and Lough Neagh) | ||
147. Aghnacloy (75) | Achadh na cloiche | Field of the stone (a few others) |
148. Ballyblagh (162) | An baile bláthach | Flowery townland (a few others) |
149. Clanrolla (283) | Cluain ralach | Meadow of the oak (similar name in Seagoe) |
150. Cornakinnegar (306) | Corr an choinigéir | Round hill of the rabbit-warren |
151. Demesne (259) | English word for enclosed parkland, taken out of Drumnamoe townland 1610 as surround for Brownlow’s dwelling-house. (Several others) | |
152. Derry (152) | Doire | Oakwood (many others) |
153. Dougher (176) | An dύcharn | The black cairn |
154. Drumnamoe (71) | Droim na mbó | Ridge of the cows |
155. Drumnykerne (213) | Dromainn Uí Cheithearnaigh | O’Kearney’s ridge |
156. Killaghy (139) | Coill Eachaidh | Eochy’s wood |
157. Kilmore (1514) | An choill mhór | The big/great wood. This large townland in Co. Armagh forms the only link between Co. Down and Lough Neagh, and must have been the southern part of the ancient forest of Killultagh, the Ulster wood. |
158. Knocknashane (208) | Cnoc na seangán | Hill of the ants (one other) |
159. Legaghory (301) | Log an choire | Cauldron-shaped hollow (one other) |
160. Liscorran (183) | Lios Uí Chorráin | O’Curran’s ring-fort (one other) |
161. Lurgantarry (175) | Lorgain an tSamhraidh | Summer (grazing) ridge |
162. Monbrief (291) | Muine-bhrighe (?) | Hill-thicket/shrubbery |
163. Shankill (173) | Sean-choill | Old wood, later misunderstood as Sean-chill, old church; the original old parish church was Cill Mhíolcon, Milchu’s church or Kilwilke, which had a graveyard (now lost) on Oxford Island |
164. Taghnevan (276) | Teach Neamháin | House (or church) of Nevan perhaps an early saint’s religious house, where an unmarked, graveyard has been said to survive |
165. Tannaghmore North (230) | Tamhnach mhór | Big field/clearing (a few others, but very many with variant spellings e.g.Tamna -, Tawna- etc) |
166. Tannaghmore South (205) | Tamhnach mhór | Big field/clearing. (Tannaghmore West is in Seagoe parish) |
167. Tirsogue (74) | Tír sióg | Land of the fairies (perhaps because so small ?) |
168. Toberhewny (205) | Tobar h-Aoine | (Mooney) Friday well |
169. Tullydagan (119) | Tulaigh deagáin | Hill of the deacon (or O’Dagan) |
170. Tullygally (278) | Tulaigh gheala | White hills |
171. Tullyronnelly (51) | (‘r’ misread?) Tulach Uí Dhonghaile | Donnelly’s hill |
Parish of Aghagallon – 13 Craigavon townlands | ||
Barony of Upper Massereene (County Antrim). Irish Achadh gallán, meaning Field of standing stones. Total acreage of parish 7,885 including 2,415 Lough Neagh | ||
172. Aghadrumglasny (404) (Another in parish Aghalee) | Áth droma Glaisne | Ford of Glaisne’s ridge |
173. Aghagallon (334) | Achadh gallán | Field of standing stones (an old cairn?), once with a church mentioned in 1306 |
174. Ballycairn (473) (one other) | Baile cairn | Townland of the cairn (now destroyed) |
175. Ballykeel (220) (many others) | An baile caol | Narrow townland |
176. Ballymacilrany (325) | Baile Mhic Giolla Chiaráin | MacIlrany’s/Creaney’s townland (name: son of the servant of St Ciaran) |
177. Derryclone (414) | Doire cluain | Oakwood of the meadow |
178. Derryhirk (228) | Doire thoirc | Oakwood of the wild boar (two others) |
179. Derrymore (457) | An doire mór | Big oakwood (several others) |
180. Derrynaseer (244) | Doire na saor | Oakwood of the craftsmen (five others) |
181. Drumaleet (351) | Droim an leachta | Ridge of the (stone) grave |
182. Montiaghs (1543) | Na móinteacha | The bogs (a few others) |
183. Tamnyvane (146) | Tamhnach bhán | White field/clearing |
184. Tiscallen (323) | Tigh Scealláin | Scallan’s house or church |
Parish of Donaghcloney – 14 Craigavon townlands | ||
Barony of Lower Iveagh Upper Part (County Down). Irish Domhnach cluana meaning Church of the meadow. Total acreage of parish 6,697 | ||
185. Annaghanoon (635) | Eanach an úain | Marsh of the lamb |
186. Annaghmakeonan (378) | Eanach Mhic Eoghanáin | MacOwenan’s marsh |
187. Ballygunaghan (432) | Baile Uí Dhuinneagáin | O’Donegan’s townland |
188. Ballynabragget (390) | Baile na braghad (Mooney) | Townland of the gorge/cliff-face |
189. Banoge (572) | Bánóg | Green patch of land (good pasture) (Two others) |
190. Corcreeny (1,166) | Corr chríonaigh | Hill of the dry branches (one other) |
191. Cornreany (142) | Corrán raithní | Crescent/hill of bracken |
192. Donaghcloney (300) | Domhnach cluana | Church of the meadow |
193. Lurgantamry (202) | Lorgain an tSamhraidh | Summer (pasture) ridge |
194. Magherana (739) | Machaire an átha | Plain of the ford |
195. Monree (163) | Móin fhraoigh | Heather moor |
196. Moygannon (461) | Magh gCeannann | White-speckled plain |
197. Tullycarn (267) | Tulaigh chairn | Hill of the cairn (a few similar) |
198. Tullyherron (841) | Tulaigh chaorthainn | Hill of rowan tree (one other) |
Parish of Glenavy – 1 Craigavon townland | ||
Barony of Upper Massereene (County Antrim). Irish Lann abhaigh meaning Church of the dwarf (St. Patrick is said to have built a church here and left it in charge of his disciple Daniel who was rather short). Total acreage of parish 16,786 (including 9,219 Lough Neagh, 342 Portmore Lough, 6 islands) | ||
199. Deer Park (1,260) | English name: formed out of ancient forest of Killultagh as deer park for Lord Conway (Earl of Hertford) in Lisburn (several others) | |
Parish of Magheralin – 27 Craigavon townlands | ||
(counting Drumo/Drumcro as one). Parish in 2 baronies, Oneilland East (County Armagh) and Lower Iveagh Upper Part (County Down). Irish Machaire lainne meaning Plain of the church. Total acreage of parish 8,293 incl. 7 water | ||
200. Ballykeel (303) | An baile caol | Narrow townland (several others) |
201. Ballyleny (283) | Baile léana | Townland of the wet meadow (one in Kilmore parish ) |
202. Ballymacanally (182) | Baile Mhic an Fhailígh | McNally’s townland (a few others) |
203. Ballymacateer (732) | Baile Mhic an tSaoir | McAteer’s townland (Son of the craftsman – not an uncommon name: the Bishop of Clogher 1268-87 and St Ciarán of Clonmacnoise much earlier both had this surname) |
204. Ballymacbredan (189) | Baile Mhic Bhrídín | McBredan’s townland (A local ecclesiastical family had this name in the 1400s – maybe from Mac Giolla Bhríde – son of the servant of St Brigid) |
205. Ballymacmaine (209) | Baile Mhic Mhiacháin | McMain/McMechan’s townland |
206. Ballymagin (360) | Baile Mhig Fhinn | Maginn’s townland (son of Finn) |
207. Ballymakeonan (585) | Baile Mhic Eoghanáin | McKeonan’s townland (One Eoghan of this old Ulster family was the main Irish scribe in SE Ulster in the late 1600s, with patron Arthur Brownlow of Lurgan) |
208. Ballynadrone (111) | Baile idir dhá abhainn | Townland between two rivers (River Lagan eastern boundary) |
209. Clankilvoragh (162) | Cluain (Mhic) Ghiolla Mhuíre | Gilmore’s meadow (Son of the servant of Mary) |
210. Clogher (145) | Clochar | Stony place (many others) |
211. Derrylisnahavil (149) | Doire lios na habhaille | Oakwood of the apple-tree fort |
212. Donagreagh (174) | Domhnach riabhach (Mooney) | Speckled (old) church |
213. Drumlin (251) | Droimlín | Drumlin – little hill – but none here ? (a few similar) |
214. Drumnabreeze (321) | Dromainn brís | Ridge of the high ground |
215. Drumnaferry (140) | Dromainn tí Fhearaígh | Ridge of Ferry’s house |
216. Drumo & Drumcro (427) | Droim eo & Droim cro | Ridge of yew trees. Ridge of huts (Two half-townlands put together) |
217. Edenballycoggil (255) | Ēadan baile chogail | Hill-face of the townland of corncockles (a pretty weed in grain-fields) |
218. Edenmore (251) (several others) | Ēadan mór | Big/great hill-face |
219. Kilfullert (131) | Coill fulachta | Wood of the outdoor cooking-pit |
220. Kircassock (198) | Cor cosógaí | Bend of the bulrushy place |
221. Lismaine (294) | Lios Micháin | Meehan’s ring-fort (one in Kilkenny) |
222. Lisnasure (246) | Lios na soar | Ring-fort of the craftsmen |
223. Taughlumny (274) | Teach Lomna | House of Lomna (a story character with foreknowledge & a severed head) |
224. Taughrane (196) | Tóchar rathain | Causeway of bracken |
225. Tullyanaghan (184) | Tulaigh Uí Anaithe | O’Hanhy’s hill |
226. Tullynacross (268) | Tulaigh na croise | Hill of the cross (several others) |
Parish of Ballinderry – 1 Craigavon townland | ||
Barony of Upper Massereene (County Antrim). Irish Baile an doire meaning Townland of the oakwood. Total acreage of parish 10,891 including 283 Portmore Lough | ||
227. Ballinderry (1,182) | Baile an doire | Townland or settlement of the oakwood; several ancient Christian churches here (several others) |
Parish of Seapatrick – 1 Craigavon townland | ||
Parish in 3 different baronies: this townland in Lower Iveagh, Upper Part (County Down). Irish Tí Padraig meaning Patrick’s house/church. Total acreage of parish 7,581 incl. 2,719 water | ||
228. Ballylough (425) | Baile an locha | Townland of the lough (lough long since drained, exposing a crannog & oak dug-out boat) |
Parish of Moira – 2 Craigavon townlands | ||
Barony of Lower Iveagh Upper Part (County Down). Irish Máigh rátha meaning Plain of the fort. Total acreage of parish 6,096 including 26 water | ||
229. Kilminioge (202) | Cill Mhionnóg | My little (Saint) Finn’s church |
230. Tullyloob (299) | Tulaigh lúb | Hill of the bends/windings |
Parish of Aghalee – 1 Craigavon townland | ||
Barony of Upper Massereene (County Antrim). Irish Achadh Lí meaning Field of beauty. Total acreage of parish 2,499 including 39 Broad Water | ||
231. Poobles (482) | Pobal (?) | People/congregation/church ? English plural added, as originally 2 townlands of this name, 1 now part of Lisburn |