placenamesMaghera
Machaire Rátha
Maghera is a townland in Derry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationMaghera54.84723° N · 6.65239° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
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
- Machaire Rátha · Irish · main form
- Maghera · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Loughinsholin
- Civil parish
- Maghera
- Coordinates
- 54.84723, -6.65239 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1411554 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Maghera. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-08-23. How this page was prepared.