placenamesDunmoylan
Dún Maoilín
An Ordnance Survey antiquities description preserves measurements of the ruined building.
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
- Dún Maoilín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dunmoylan · English · main form
Place & story
A doorway and the remaining wall
The Ordnance Survey antiquities description placed Dunmoylan’s old church on level ground in Dunmoylan townland. It measured the building as forty-two feet long and eighteen feet wide. The south wall remained standing, with foundations marking much of the rest. Although its doorway was damaged, the inner pointed arch survived, formed from thin stone slabs. The survey described irregular stonework bound with lime mortar. These observations record the ruins at the time of the survey, rather than their present condition. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunmoylan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dunmoylan parish, Ordnance Survey antiquities letters, pp. 27–28 · Ordnance Survey; digitised copy hosted by Limerick Local Studies
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.