placenamesGlanbehy
Gleann Beithe
Lewis linked changes in farm transport with the building of roads through the parish.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Gleann Beithe · Irish · main form · validated name
- Glanbehy · English · main form
Place & story
Replacing drags with carts
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account describes farm roads on Lord Headley’s estate and a new mail-coach route that avoided the steep mountain pass. He reported that wheeled carts had replaced heavy drags, making it easier to bring sea-sand inland for manure. These details connect road building with everyday agricultural work in Glanbehy; they are specific observations within Lewis’s favourable account of the estate. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glanbehy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Glenbegh or Glenbehy: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.