placenamesMoyacomb
Maigh Dhá Chonn
Lewis’s historical parish account ranges across Wicklow, Wexford and Carlow.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Dhá Chonn · Irish · main form
- Moyacomb · English · main form
Place & story
Quarrying near Johnstown
Samuel Lewis described Moyacomb, also called Clonegal, as a parish extending into Wicklow, Wexford and Carlow in 1837. In that wider account he reported a recently opened slate quarry on Gibbet Hill near Johnstown. The observation records an enterprise within the historical parish, without assigning the quarry to its Wicklow portion. Lewis also described varied soils and patches of bog across the parish, alongside what he regarded as improving agriculture. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wicklow
- Barony
- Shillelagh
- Coordinates
- 52.73404, -6.60156
- Logainm ID
- 2707 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moyacomb. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Moyacomb or Clonegal, 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.