placenamesDarragh
An Dairtheach
Lewis’s 1837 account records local resources alongside a planned improvement to the Limerick–Cork route.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Dairtheach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Darragh · English · main form
Place & story
Quarrying beside Daragh House
Samuel Lewis recorded extensive slate quarries near Daragh House in 1837. He qualified their promise: they had not been worked deeply enough to produce slate matching that from Cork and Waterford. His account also described a new road between Limerick and Mitchelstown under construction, intended to become the principal Limerick–Cork route when finished. Around Daragh House itself, occupied by F. Bevan, improvements were in progress. These were contemporary reports of ongoing work; Lewis did not provide completion dates for either the road or the estate improvements. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Darragh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Daragh or Glenroe, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.