placenamesDownings
Dún Ing
The Grand Canal crossed bogland within this Kildare parish in Lewis’s 1837 account.
The name
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
- Dún Ing · Irish · main form
- Downings · English · main form
Place & story
Supplying the canal
Samuel Lewis described the Grand Canal crossing a substantial tract of bog in Downings parish in 1837. He named Burgh’s Bridge and Bonner’s Bridge and recorded a twenty-acre reservoir supplying the canal. Beyond this corridor, most of the parish was under tillage. His account also records Anglican services in a house appointed for worship by the bishop, held each Sunday and holy day, while slight remains of the old parish church still stood. Canal infrastructure, working fields and an adapted place of worship shared the parish landscape. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Downings. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Downings, 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.