placenamesLemanaghan
Liath Mancháin
Lewis recorded two local provisions supported by Dr. Molloy in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Liath Mancháin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lemanaghan · English · main form
Place & story
Medical support and lending capital
Samuel Lewis recorded a dispensary in Lemanaghan parish supported entirely at Dr. Molloy’s expense. The same man had invested £500 in a loan fund and, according to the 1837 account, was its sole supporter. Lewis gave neither an annual expenditure for the dispensary nor the loan fund’s lending terms. Alongside these provisions, he recorded a school for forty girls at Bellair supported by Mrs. Mulock, one of four public schools serving approximately 140 children across the parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Offaly
- Barony
- Garrycastle
- Coordinates
- 53.30597, -7.75109
- Mapped area
- 79.27 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2034 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lemanaghan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lemanaghan or Kilnegarenagh: 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.