placenames1901 census
109People recorded
19Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Giblin 11
- McClintock 10
- Roulston 10
- Rutherford 9
- Allen 8
Ardagh
Ardachadh
The Taughboyne townland preserves evidence of nineteenth-century production and landholding east of Manorcunningham.
Recorded locationArdagh54.93423° N · 7.53558° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Ardachadh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ardagh · English · main form
Place & story
A kiln enlarged for greater production
Ardagh’s double lime kiln was first built around 1820 and enlarged around 1860. The two adjoining chambers form an unusual L-shaped structure of local rubble stone. Loading openings stood above the firing apertures, with an earth bank allowing access from behind. The architectural survey connects it with nearby quarrying and considers its scale evidence of production beyond the needs of a single farm. [2]
Lime for land and buildings
The kiln belongs to an industry that served both farming and construction. Burning limestone produced lime for spreading on fields, making mortar and render, and limewashing buildings. Its hillside setting and separate upper loading access made the production process possible. The inventory places this surviving structure east of Manorcunningham among a local group of kilns, recording the practical infrastructure behind improvement of land and buildings. [2]
An Abercorn estate tenancy
The Landed Estates Database identifies another nineteenth-century property within Ardagh in Taughboyne parish. Andrew Rolleston leased it from the Abercorn estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s, when it was assessed at £11. The record supplies a precise tenant and landlord connection for the townland without establishing that Rolleston owned or operated the lime kiln. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Raphoe North
- Civil parish
- Taughboyne
- Within
- Treantaghmucklagh
- Coordinates
- 54.93423, -7.53558
- Mapped area
- 3.4 km²
- Logainm ID
- 16574 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
1926 census
99People recorded
20Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McClintock 12
- McMenamin 12
- Duncan 10
- Boviard 8
- O'Kane 7
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Double lime kiln east of Manorcunningham, NIAH40905422 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ardagh, Raphoe North, property5224 · University of Galway, Landed Estates Database
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-05-14. How this page was prepared.