placenamesMoyfenrath Upper
Maigh Fionnráithe Uachtarach
Lewis described productive farmland interrupted by recurrent river flooding.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Fionnráithe Uachtarach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Moyfenrath Upper · English · main form
Place & story
Land unusable for half the year
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Clonard parish described several hundred acres made unusable for half the year by flooding from the Boyne and five smaller rivers flowing into it. Most parish land was otherwise arable or pasture. He also recorded the Royal Canal crossing the Boyne by aqueduct and travelling four miles through the parish before entering Westmeath. The waterways supported transport while also limiting the use of nearby ground. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moyfenrath Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clonard: 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.