placenamesSlievardagh
Sliabh Ardach
Lewis’s 1837 account links the coalfield’s output with milling and agricultural improvement.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Sliabh Ardach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Slievardagh · English · main form
Place & story
Different uses for the coalfield’s output
In his account of Ballingarry, Samuel Lewis described Slievardagh coal as a non-flaming fuel sought by maltsters and millers for drying grain. He distinguished it from culm, which made up about three-quarters of the mines’ output and was used chiefly for burning lime. The account also records steam engines installed by the Mining Company of Ireland to pump water from deeper workings. These details connect extraction with both processing crops and producing agricultural lime. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Slievardagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballingarry or Gare: 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.