placenamesDuleek Upper
Damhliag Uachtarach
An 1833 appeal changed the allocation of Duleek’s church revenues.
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
- Damhliag Uachtarach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Duleek Upper · English · main form
Place & story
An annual payment to the vicar
The historical parish of Duleek extended across both Duleek baronies, chiefly into Lower Duleek. Samuel Lewis recorded that its tithes had formerly gone entirely to the impropriator, the holder of the rectory’s revenues. Following an appeal to the Privy Council in 1833, £65 a year became payable to the vicar. This was an annual allocation, rather than a building grant. Lewis also described a wider church union formed in 1816 with Dowth, Ardcath, Tymole and Knockcoman. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Duleek Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Duleek: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.