placenamesMoynalty
Maigh nEalta
Lewis’s account separates the cost of a 1792 residence from a later church-building loan.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maigh nEalta · Irish · main form
- Moynalty · English · main form
Place & story
Two stages of parish building
The glebe-house at Moynalty was erected in 1792 at a cost of £847, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. He recorded thirteen acres with the house, valued at £26 annually. The church followed in 1819 with assistance from a £1,000 loan from the Board of First Fruits. These figures describe different things: the residence’s construction cost, the annual valuation of its land and a loan towards the church. They should not be combined as a single building fund. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Kells Lower
- Coordinates
- 53.82116, -6.90946
- Mapped area
- 52.24 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1904 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moynalty. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Moynalty: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-05-18. How this page was prepared.