placenamesMorgallion
Machaire Gaileang
Lewis’s account records neighbouring quarries producing different materials.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Machaire Gaileang · Irish · main form · validated name
- Morgallion · English · main form
Place & story
Rockfield’s contrasting quarries
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Nobber in Morgallion identified three quarries close together at Rockfield. One supplied limestone, another greywacke, and the third a dark stone he described as slaty. Other limestone quarries also operated in the parish. His account places these workings within a farming district producing wheat, oats and barley, with pasture and bog varying across the wider Nobber parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Morgallion. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Nobber: 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.