placenamesMoycarn
Maigh Charnáin
Lewis recorded an unusual domestic use within an early nineteenth-century parish building.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Charnáin · Irish · main form
- Moycarn · English · main form
Place & story
The sexton’s basement residence
Moore’s church was built in 1825 with a £900 gift from the Board of First Fruits, according to Samuel Lewis. His 1837 account recorded the basement storey as the residence of the sexton’s family. The building therefore combined space for parish worship with accommodation for a household serving it. Moore parish lay in the district Lewis called the half-barony of Moycarnon, now recorded as Moycarn. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moycarn. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Moore: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.