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Barony

Bunratty Lower

Bun Raite Íochtarach

Newmarket on Fergus had embroidery employment alongside a failed linen venture in 1837.

Recorded locationBunratty Lower52.73755° N · 8.74697° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bun(river-)mouth, bottom(-land)

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

  • Bun Raite Íochtarach · Irish · main form
  • Bunratty Lower · English · main form

Place & story

Satin stitching and industrial ambition

Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account records women at Newmarket on Fergus employed in satin stitching on muslin by William Lloyd of Limerick. Lady O’Brien patronised an embroidery school. These activities coexisted with an unsuccessful attempt by Sir Edward O’Brien to establish linen manufacture in the town. The contrast preserves a specific distinction between work actually being undertaken and an industrial venture that had failed. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Barony
County
Clare
Coordinates
52.73755, -8.74697
Mapped area
280.28 km²
Logainm ID
17 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Bunratty Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Newmarket-on-Fergus: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2016-09-29. How this page was prepared.