placenamesDeece Lower
Déise Íochtarach
The Boyne crossing supported a small settlement and two differently focused trading occasions.
Recorded locationDeece Lower53.53222° N · 6.67089° 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
- Déise Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Deece Lower · English · main form
Place & story
May cattle and November pigs
Bective Bridge lay in Balsoon parish in Lower Deece, on the road between Dunshaughlin and Athboy. Samuel Lewis recorded two annual fairs there in 1837. The fair on 16 May chiefly dealt in dry cows and young heifers, while that on 1 November mainly handled cattle and pigs. The stone bridge crossed the Boyne into Bective parish, linking the small trading settlement with the opposite bank. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Deece Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Bective-Bridge: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.