placenamesDunshaughlin
Dún Seachlainn
Lewis’s account places the church and the glebe house in different parishes within a united benefice.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Dún Seachlainn · Irish · main form
- Domhnach Seachnaill · Irish · main form · historical name
- Dunshaughlin · English · main form
Place & story
Church in town, house at Rathregan
Samuel Lewis recorded Dunshaughlin’s rectory and vicarage as united with Rathregan in 1837. The glebe house stood at Rathregan: a £562 Board of First Fruits loan supported its construction in 1822. Dunshaughlin’s church stood in the town and had been built in 1813 with a separate £700 loan from the same board. These were different buildings, locations and funding amounts. [2]
Children in three schools
Lewis counted about one hundred children across two public schools and about twenty-five in a private school. He also recorded a different ecclesiastical connection for Catholic inhabitants: Dunshaughlin was united with Colmolyn, with a chapel in each parish. His description preserves the school provision and parish arrangements of 1837 without identifying every schoolhouse or teacher. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunshaughlin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dunshaughlin — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-05-06. How this page was prepared.