placenamesMohill
Maothail
The Rinn crossing preserves arches from two periods at the county boundary.
Recorded locationMohill53.81221° N · 7.87260° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Maothail · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Mohill · English · main form
Place & story
An older bridge beside the river arch
At Cloonageeher in Mohill’s Longford portion, Johnston’s Bridge crosses the Rinn at the Leitrim boundary. The inventory dates the broad river arch to about 1860. Three older arches on the Leitrim side carry an 1809 plaque, distinguishing two periods of construction. [2] [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mohill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Johnston’s Bridge, Cloonageeher, NIAH 13400401, recorded 26 July 2005 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Cloonageeher townland: Mohill civil parish, County Longford · Townlands.ie, OpenStreetMap-derived townland index
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.