placenamesMoneygashel
Muine na gCaiseal
Three stone cashels and a neighbouring farmstead preserve successive phases of settlement at Moneygashel.
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
- Muine na gCaiseal · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moneygashel · English · main form
Place & story
Houses within stone walls
Moneygashel includes the remains of three stone cashels, circular enclosures that accommodated houses and animal shelters. The Geopark's account places them in the early Christian period. The surviving enclosures form part of the archaeological landscape around Blacklion and the Gowlan walking routes. [2]
Recording the farmstead
In 2017 an Andrews University architecture team selected Moneygashel Cashel and a neighbouring pre-Famine farmstead for detailed recording. Their research programme used measured drawings, photography and non-invasive photogrammetry to investigate successive generations of habitation. The project considered the relationship between agricultural communities, buildings and the surrounding landscape. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cavan
- Barony
- Tullyhaw
- Civil parish
- Killinagh
- Within
- Moneygashel
- Coordinates
- 54.24576, -7.92329 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412335 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moneygashel. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Discover Your Geopark: Blacklion and Surrounding Area · Cuilcagh Lakelands UNESCO Global Geopark
- 2017–2018 Faculty Research Grants: Cuilcagh Mountain Regional Research Project · Andrews University; Rhonda Root, Robin Johnson and Ariel Solis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.