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Bábhún Ó nDuach
Lewis’s 1837 parish description records an industrial business alongside the Nore crossing and neighbouring residences.
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
- Bábhún Ó nDuach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Odagh · English · main form
Place & story
Mount Eagle in the parish account
Samuel Lewis recorded a substantial distillery at Mount Eagle in Odagh parish in 1837, naming its proprietor as R. O’Donnell. His account also identifies the parish by the name Three Castles and describes the River Nore crossing it beneath a stone bridge. The distillery is a specific industrial feature within that wider river landscape. Lewis supplies neither its output nor its workforce, and his entry does not establish that the Nore powered the works. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Fassadinin
- Barony
- Crannagh
- Coordinates
- 52.70989, -7.33397
- Mapped area
- 18.3 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1339 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Odagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Odogh, or Three Castles — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.