placenamesDunganstown
Baile Uí Dhonnagáin
Lewis recorded an employment scheme for women and a coastal resource limited by transport.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Uí Dhonnagáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Dunganstown · English · main form
Place & story
Spinning, knitting and nets
By 1837 a women’s association had been established in Dunganstown parish to provide employment for poor women through spinning, knitting and making nets. Samuel Lewis recorded the scheme alongside a plant nursery belonging to Messrs. Hodgens. His account identifies several kinds of work beyond the parish’s meadow, pasture and tillage. [2]
Slate without a landing place
Lewis also described a slate quarry bordering the sea that was not being worked because it lacked a convenient landing place. Its coastal position alone was insufficient to make extraction practical. The entry records a transport obstacle to quarrying, rather than an operating slate industry. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunganstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dunganstown: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.