placenamesMulrankin
Maol Rancáin
Lewis recorded adult education and relief extending beyond the Wexford parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maol Rancáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Mulrankin · English · main form
Place & story
Teaching beyond childhood
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Mulrankin parish in County Wexford records a parochial school supported by the rector, who had also established an evening school for adults. A national school stood beside the Catholic chapel on the moor. The account distinguishes these forms of teaching without giving attendance figures or identifying the adult pupils. [2]
Interest distributed across three parishes
A benefactor named only as Mr. Lett had left £50, which was paid to the Board of Charitable Bequests. The interest was distributed among poor people in Mulrankin, Maglass and Kilmannan. Lewis did not describe the original capital as an annual payment. Elsewhere in the parish, limestone quarries and kilns at Rathyark supplied material for agricultural improvement in the surrounding district. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mulrankin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mulrankin, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-30. How this page was prepared.