placenamesMeelnagh
Maoileanach
John O’Hart’s nineteenth-century family history records a precise local connection.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Maoileanach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Meelnagh · English · main form
Place & story
A military doctor’s return to Wexford
John O’Hart’s 1892 Irish Pedigrees records Gabriel Rice Redmond’s burial in the family vault at Meelnagh after his death at Mount Henry, County Wexford, on 19 April 1832. O’Hart describes a military medical career followed by retirement on half-pay in 1814 because of ill health after service abroad. Redmond subsequently lived for many years at Caen in Normandy before returning to Wexford. The recorded burial connects that career with Meelnagh, rather than identifying the parish as his birthplace. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen North
- Coordinates
- 52.49448, -6.36050
- Mapped area
- 15.45 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2594 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Meelnagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Redmond, number 2: Irish Pedigrees, volume 2, fifth edition (1892) · John O’Hart
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.