placenamesOwenduff
An Abhainn Dubh
Lewis recorded two flour mills at Yoletown and textile-processing grounds beside the river.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Abhainn Dubh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Owenduff · English · main form
Place & story
Work along the stream
Two flour mills at Yoletown were worked by the Blackwater when Samuel Lewis described Owenduff parish in 1837. He also recorded two bleach greens along the riverbanks. His account identifies the stream as the Awenduffe or Blackwater, a tributary of the Bannow or Scar river, separating Shelburne and Shelmalier baronies. These details place milling and bleaching beside the same watercourse, without establishing that the mills and bleach greens shared an owner. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Owenduff. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Owenduffe or Awinduffe, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-08-04. How this page was prepared.