placenamesMullinacuff
Muileann Mhic Dhuibh
The ruined church at Stranakelly stands within a stone-bounded graveyard on high ground.
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
- Muileann Mhic Dhuibh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Mullinacuff · English · main form
- Mullinacuffe · English · main form · local name
Place & story
The surviving walls
The county heritage account describes three partial walls of the old church, with the eastern gable surviving to about five metres. A splayed window there lit the altar. An Irish yew grows inside the former church, reached by a grass-covered lane. [2]
Planning its conservation
In 2021, Wicklow County Council obtained Community Monuments Fund support for a conservation management plan covering the church and graveyard. The project examined the site and identified measures needed to protect the vulnerable ruins. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Wicklow
- Barony
- Shillelagh
- Civil parish
- Mullinacuff
- Within
- Knockatomcoyle
- Within
- Stranakelly
- Coordinates
- 52.79897, -6.53203 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 128839 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mullinacuff. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Brief history of Mullinacuff Church (updated 30 March 2023) · Yvonne Whitty, County Wicklow Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.