placenamesArdcanny
Ard Caithne
The Ordnance Survey name books record river travel at Ringmoylan and teaching at Mellon.
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
- Ard Caithne · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ardcanny · English · main form
Place & story
Two places in the surveyors’ notes
The nineteenth-century Ordnance Survey name book for Ardcanny describes a small quay at Ringmoylan for passengers using the Limerick steamboat. At Mellon townland, it records a school with fifty boys and thirty girls; four pupils were Protestant. The teacher was paid by the pupils. These entries preserve different everyday connections within the parish: a landing place on the Shannon and a classroom supported through payments from those attending. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardcanny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardcanny, Field Name Books of Limerick, entries8–9, printed104 · Ordnance Survey of Ireland; Limerick Local Studies
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.