placenamesRingagonagh
Rinn Ó gCuanach
Lewis recorded two kinds of coastal work linking the parish with Dungarvan Bay in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Rinn Ó gCuanach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ringagonagh · English · main form
Place & story
Seaweed carried to Dungarvan
During much of May and June, between forty and fifty boats collected seaweed and carried it to Dungarvan for sale, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Ringagonagh account. Seaweed and coastal sand were the principal manures used locally. The seasonal boat trade therefore linked the shore’s resources with agriculture and the nearby town market. [2]
Fishing and curing herring
Lewis separately recorded forty to fifty boats engaged in the herring fishery and at least 200 people employed in that trade. The herring were cured locally. These are separate descriptions of seaweed work and fishing; his entry does not establish whether the same boats or crews undertook both activities. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Waterford
- Barony
- Decies-within-Drum
- Coordinates
- 52.05142, -7.60069 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 13.65 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2421 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ringagonagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ringagonagh, or Ring — 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.