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Muine Dige
An antiquarian account of the Daff Stone and a Presbyterian register provide distinct ways into Moneydig’s past.
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 Dige · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moneydig · English · main form
Place & story
The Daff Stone
In an account published in 1904, the Reverend George R. Buick described a large capstone on a low mound near Moneydig crossroads. Examination with S. K. Kircker revealed a burial chamber formed by seven upright stones. Buick also reported faint decoration on one upright, including circular and pointed figures, recording what the investigators could distinguish rather than presenting a complete or certain interpretation of the markings. [2]
A congregation recorded
A transcription of Moneydig’s baptismal register preserves a short history of its ministers. It records Patrick Rogers Kilbough’s ordination in December 1837 and Henry H. Finlay’s departure for mission work in Australia in 1863. The church building itself is described in the official historic-building survey as a nineteenth-century Presbyterian barn church with galleries. The 2012 survey recorded substantial replacement of original materials and confirmed that the building was not listed. [3] [4]
An exchange with Toronto
In summer 2018, Moneydig’s minister Stuart Morrow exchanged congregations with Tim Bruneau of St Giles Kingsway Presbyterian Church in Toronto. The congregation’s report records both ministers beginning worship in their temporary churches on 8 July. Morrow described meeting members of the Canadian congregation, including people who had emigrated from Northern Ireland, giving this rural church a documented connection across the Atlantic. [5]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Coleraine
- Civil parish
- Desertoghill
- Within
- Moneydig
- Coordinates
- 54.98352, -6.60963 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413334 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moneydig. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- George R. Buick: The Daff Stone, Moneydig, County Derry,1904; original extract transcribed · George R. Buick; extract transcribed by Rhiannon, The Modern Antiquarian
- Ministers of Moneydig: baptismal-register transcription · Lavonne Bradfield, transcription; Richard John Torrens
- Moneydig Presbyterian Church: HB 03/03/034, survey 5 December 2012 · Department for Communities, Historic Buildings survey
- Moneydig to Toronto,9 July 2018 · Moneydig Presbyterian Church
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-12-06. How this page was prepared.