placenamesMayne
Maighean
The river shaped both the disappearance of Mayne’s former church and the construction of a surviving crossing at Jenkinstown.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Maighean · Irish · main form · validated name
- Mayne · English · main form
Place & story
A church damaged by the river
Mayne’s former parish church stood at Jenkinstown beside a bend in the Dinin. The archaeological record identifies it on the Down Survey parish map of 1655–56. Ordnance Survey correspondence from 1839 reported that its east gable and much of the graveyard had been swept away by a flood four years earlier. The gable had contained a square window. No church structure was visible above ground when the modern record was compiled. This is a history of a lost riverside site, distinct from the later estate chapel. [2]
Two building campaigns at Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge crosses the Dinin between Jenkinstown and Ballyrafton. A plaque dates the bridge to 1647; the architectural inventory names Patrick Dowlye as its builder. Widening around 1825 produced overlapping arches with different stonework. The balustraded parapet and Classical details belong to improvements associated with the Jenkinstown estate. The bridge’s name refers to a former turreted gate lodge, rather than identifying it as a tower-house crossing. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Fassadinin
- Coordinates
- 52.73625, -7.28763
- Mapped area
- 7.9 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1336 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mayne. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mayne parish church, Jenkinstown, archaeological record KK014-013001- · Jean Farrelly, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service; uploaded 12 May 2020
- Tower Bridge, Ballyrafton and Jenkinstown, NIAH 12401410 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.