placenamesArdagh
Ardach
Local historical research records an industry at Ballymanagh and the move from Carrowcrin to Brackloonagh.
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
- Ardach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ardagh · English · main form
Place & story
Turf for the brick kilns
John Cronin and Michael Gordon’s contribution to The Deel Basin, published in 1990, records brickworks at Ballymanagh beside the road towards Bunaneraghtish. Locally cut turf supplied the kilns. Their account identifies the Clarke family as the owners, known locally as Lord Clarke’s, and links that name with the nearby Lord’s Well. It documents a small industry and the survival of its owners’ name in the local landscape. [2]
From Carrowcrin to Brackloonagh
The same survey places an earlier Ardagh church at Carrowcrin, off the Ballina–Crossmolina road. It identifies Brackloonagh as the site of its successor and credits Father O’Donoghue with that building in the 1950s. These are different locations within Ardagh district, rather than alterations to a single church on one site. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardagh, reproduced extract from The Deel Basin: an Historical Survey,1990 · John Cronin and Michael Gordon, Crossmolina Historical and Archaeological Society; authorised extract hosted by Mayo Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.