placenamesRingsend
Droichead na Carraige
Records of the Presbyterian congregation and the local post office preserve episodes in the recent history of this County Derry community.
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
- Droichead na Carraige · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ringsend · English · main form
Place & story
Reuben Dinsmore’s ministry
The Reverend Reuben Dinsmore became minister of Ringsend on 6 July 1961 and served until his retirement on 5 November 1979. The Presbyterian Church’s 2004 annual report records this period within a career that had taken him from Newbliss to Gateshead before his return to Ireland. [2]
A union of congregations
Ringsend and Second Dunboe became a united charge on 1 January 1995, according to the historic-building record for Second Dunboe. The congregations retained their separate place names within the joint ministry. In April 2003 Colin W. A. Martin was ordained and installed as minister of Ringsend and Second Dunboe, an appointment recorded by Coleraine Presbytery in its report to the following year’s General Assembly. [3] [2]
The post office in 2003
Coleraine Borough Council’s minutes record a temporary closure of Ringsend Post Office beginning on 27 January 2003. The Post Office informed councillors that the sub-postmaster had resigned and that the premises were no longer available for its use. The notice expressed an intention to restore services, but does not establish when they resumed. It documents a specific interruption to one of the village’s everyday services. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ringsend. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- General Assembly Annual Reports 2004, pages 83 and 114 · Presbyterian Church in Ireland
- Second Dunboe Presbyterian Church,HB 03/13/009 · Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities
- Coleraine Borough Council minutes,28 January 2003, item 14 · Coleraine Borough Council
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.