placenamesSlane Lower
Baile Shláine Íochtarach
Ardagh’s quarries supplied stone for agricultural lime beyond the county boundary.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Shláine Íochtarach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Sláine · Irish · main form
- Slane Lower · English · main form
Place & story
A trade across the border
Samuel Lewis described extensive limestone quarries in Ardagh parish in 1837. Large quantities of their stone went into County Cavan to be burned for agricultural use. The parish lay chiefly in Lower Slane, with another part in Morgallion, so the account concerns a border district rather than the whole barony. Its church, built in 1805, had also recently received a £125 repair grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Slane Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardagh, Lower Slane, Meath: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2020-09-08. How this page was prepared.