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Oughaval

An Nuachabháil

The wood south-east of Stradbally preserves traces of its former estate landscape.

Watercolour and fine ink of a sunlit grassy clearing and deciduous woodland at Oughaval, County Laois.
The grassy edge of Oughaval Wood near Stradbally, as photographed in September 2008.
Recorded locationOughaval53.00570° N · 7.12214° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

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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

  • An Nuachabháil · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Oughaval · English · main form

Place & story

Walls, folly and memorial cross

Oughaval Wood occupies a limestone ridge south-east of Stradbally. Coillte identifies it as former Cosby estate woodland, with old stone walls running through the property and a folly called Cobbler’s Castle. Its account also records a stone cross erected in 1957 beside the woodland mass rock, followed by an altar and seating for the Millennium. The named wood forms a wider landscape than the townland alone. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Laois
Civil parish
Stradbally
Coordinates
53.00570, -7.12214
Mapped area
1.31 km²
Logainm ID
28230 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Oughaval. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Oughaval woodland: overview · Coillte
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Oughaval Wood, County Laois illustration: based on a Oughaval Wood by Graham Horn. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.