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Na Páirteagail
Lewis recorded industrial employment alongside farming in this Limerick parish.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Na Páirteagail · Irish · main form · validated name
- Particles · English · main form
Place & story
The mill near Ardpatrick
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Particles recorded a substantial flour mill at Sunville, near the hill of Ardpatrick. He gave its annual production as 3,000 barrels of flour and praised its machinery. The mill employed some local inhabitants, while Lewis described the rest as engaged in agriculture. His account also identified Sunville as the property and residence of E. Sayers. These details place a milling enterprise within a parish otherwise described chiefly through its farms and estates. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Particles. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Particles: 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.