placenamesAchonry
Achadh Conaire
Five chapels served different parts of the large civil parish.
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
- Achadh Conaire · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Achonry · English · main form
Place & story
Curry, Cloonacool and Mullinabriny
Samuel Lewis divided Achonry’s Catholic parish into three portions in 1837. Curry, the Upper Division, had chapels at Curry and Moylough. Cloonacool, the Middle Division, had chapels at Cloonacool and Tubbercurry. Mullinabriny formed the Lower Division with one chapel. This arrangement concerns the parish, within the much larger diocese of the same name, and shows how worship was distributed among several local centres. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Achonry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Achonry: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-05-28. How this page was prepared.