placenamesCarrick
An Charraig
Lewis distinguished a local flagstone quarry from the parish’s limestone workings.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Charraig · Irish · main form
- Carraig Fheorais · Irish · main form · historical name
- Carrick · English · main form
Place & story
Quarries beside the Boyne
Samuel Lewis placed Carrick parish on the Edenderry–Kinnegad road and the banks of the Boyne in 1837. Alongside its limestone quarries, he singled out a quarry of black flagstone at Ballindolan. His account also recorded a fair at Russel Wood on 28 August, and a school at Rahan attended by thirty boys and thirty girls. The vicar supported that school with help from subscriptions. These details describe Carrick in County Kildare, north of Edenderry. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Carrick. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Carrick, Carbery, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.