placenamesRossminoge
Ros Méanóg
Lewis linked the ballad writer’s early schooling with the Reverend Mr. Millar.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Ros Méanóg · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Rossminoge · English · main form
Place & story
A tutor remembered in a parish entry
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 entry for Rossminoge, written as Rossmanogue, identifies George Ogle of Bellevue as the author of Molly Asthore and other ballads. He records that Ogle received part of his early education under the Reverend Mr. Millar, then rector of this parish. The association is with a named tutor and his parish office: the entry does not make Rossminoge Ogle’s birthplace or identify the building where he studied. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rossminoge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rossmanogue: 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.