placenamesModreeny
Maigh Drithne
Lewis recorded an earlier residence and a later renewal of the parish church.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Drithne · Irish · main form · validated name
- Modreeny · English · main form
Place & story
Building in two periods
Modreeny’s glebe-house was built around 1813, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. The Board of First Fruits gave £250 and lent a further £550 towards its construction. Ten acres accompanied the house. Lewis separately dated the rebuilding of the parish church to 1828, some fifteen years later. The account distinguishes the residence’s earlier building assistance from the subsequent church work, without giving a total cost for either project. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Ormond Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.95101, -8.06590
- Mapped area
- 49.26 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2206 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Modreeny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Modreeny: 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.