placenamesMoyaliff
Maigh Ailbhe
Lewis records a schoolhouse, land and annual support, while noting that the endowed school was not being attended.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Ailbhe · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moyaliff · English · main form
Place & story
Investment without attendance
A former rector, the Reverend Mr Armstrong, spent £200 on a schoolhouse with accommodation for its master at Moyaliff and gave two acres of land. The school belonged to Erasmus Smith’s foundation, whose trustees allowed £20 annually for its support. Samuel Lewis nevertheless reported in 1837 that it was not then attended. The endowment and building therefore do not establish that the school was functioning at that date. [2]
Other schools in the parish
Lewis separately listed a small parochial school fully supported and supervised by the rector, five private schools together teaching about 440 children, and a Sunday school. His account does not explain why the endowed school lacked pupils. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Kilnamanagh Upper
- Coordinates
- 52.66793, -7.98160
- Mapped area
- 32.68 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2233 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moyaliff. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Moyaliffe or Mealiffe: 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.