placenamesModelligo
Maigh Dheilge
Lewis recorded an accessible lead deposit used in pottery glazing.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Dheilge · Irish · main form · validated name
- Modelligo · English · main form
Place & story
A mineral resource at Kilkenny
At Kilkenny in his account of Modelligo parish, Samuel Lewis described lead ore lying close to the surface. It could be lifted with a shovel in powdered form and was used by potters for glazing. A nearby deep ravine, he wrote in 1837, made working the deposit easier. His account connects this Waterford parish with a particular craft material, although it does not name the potters or their workshops, quantify production, or establish how long extraction continued. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Waterford
- Barony
- Decies-without-Drum
- Coordinates
- 52.15456, -7.75470
- Mapped area
- 30.49 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2413 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Modelligo. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Modeligo: 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.