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Aglish

An Eaglais

A country house and a modest council-scheme dwelling preserve contrasting chapters of domestic life in this Lee valley townland.

Recorded locationAglish51.88470° N · 8.76368° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

eaglaischurch

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Eaglais · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Aglish · English · main form

Place & story

A country house above the river

Aglish House occupies a wooded height overlooking the River Lee. The architectural inventory dates it to about 1820 and records its hipped slate roof, sash windows and northern entrance gates. It belongs to the group of substantial houses built along the valley during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. [2]

A later public housing scheme

Another house in Aglish, dated to about 1940, was built through a local authority housing scheme. Its single-storey plan, pantile roof and timber sash windows offer a different scale of domestic building from the country house. The inventory identifies it as evidence of the public provision of improved rural housing after the foundation of the State. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Civil parish
Aglish
Coordinates
51.88470, -8.76368
Mapped area
2.3 km²
Logainm ID
11235 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Aglish. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Aglish House, NIAH20907217 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Local authority scheme house, Aglish, NIAH20907218 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  4. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.