placenamesErrigal Trough
Aireagal
Lewis distinguished two new chapels from repairs to an older building.
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
- Aireagal · Irish · main form · validated name
- Errigal Trough · English · main form
Place & story
Building and repair across a parish
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account credits the Reverend C. McDermot with securing two Catholic chapels and repairing a third in Errigal-Trough parish. Knockconnan’s chapel was built in 1820 for £700; Drimbriston’s followed in 1823 for £500. The chapel in Mullyoden dated from 1787 and was repaired through the priest’s efforts. Lewis’s historical parish extended into Tyrone as well as Monaghan, so its religious provision should be read in that wider setting. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Errigal Trough. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Errigal-Trough: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.