placenamesReynagh
Cill Ríonaí
Lewis recorded substantial milling outside Banagher, within a parish connected by river and canal.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Ríonaí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Reynagh · English · main form
Place & story
Carrigcastle’s mill workforce
Samuel Lewis placed extensive flour mills at Carrigcastle, about half a mile from Banagher on the road to Parsonstown, now Birr. Established in 1818, they employed twenty people when described in his 1837 dictionary. Carrigcastle was the demesne of H. B. Armstrong. Lewis separately recorded extensive flour and oatmeal mills at Garrycastle, distinguishing another milling site within the parish. [2]
Water connections
His account identifies Shannon steam-boats as a means of reaching Limerick, with the canal providing communication towards Dublin. These links placed the parish’s mills within a wider transport network, although Lewis supplied no quantity of flour or oatmeal shipped along either route. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Offaly
- Barony
- Garrycastle
- Coordinates
- 53.17209, -7.95425
- Mapped area
- 35.77 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2039 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Reynagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Reynagh: 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.