placenamesDundalk Lower
Dún Dealgan Íochtarach
Lewis identified bleaching establishments and a recently erected flax mill in Ballymascanlon parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Dún Dealgan Íochtarach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dundalk Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Water and several kinds of manufacture
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Ballymascanlon account places bleaching establishments along the Flurry, identifying R. Benison and R. Thomson among their proprietors. Benison had also recently erected a flax mill. This linen work belonged to a varied local economy: Ballymascanlon had corn mills owned by J. W. Mac Neale, while Ravensdale had oatmeal and flour mills as well as a factory making edged tools. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dundalk Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballymascanlon, Louth: 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.