placenamesMullaghbrack
An Mullach Breac
A former rector recorded an image of the earlier church and the later movement of the clergy’s home.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Mullach Breac · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Mullaghbrack · English · main form
Place & story
An earlier church remembered on silver
Canon F. A. Noel, who served Mullaghbrack for some twelve years, described an image of the earlier cruciform church etched on a chalice and paten. His parish account dates the addition of the tower to 1814 and the enlargement with side aisles to 1830. The silver vessels preserve an unusual visual record of the earlier church. [2]
Moving the rectory
Noel also recorded a rectory on Markethill’s main street, purchased from the Gillis family. It housed the parish clergy from 1870 until 1986, when a new rectory was built beside the parish church. His account distinguishes these successive homes from the older glebe house. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Armagh
- Barony
- Fews Lower
- Barony
- Oneilland West
- Coordinates
- 54.29049, -6.51021 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 2732 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mullaghbrack. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mullaghbrack, printed pages74–75 · Canon F. A. Noel; Poyntzpass and District Local History Society
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.