placenamesBanagher
Beannchar
Lewis’s 1837 parish account records a substantial bleach-green and a celebrated mineral specimen.
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
- Beannchar · Irish · main form
- Banagher · English · main form
Place & story
Linen for English markets
At Knockan in Banagher parish, Samuel Lewis recorded a large bleach-green finishing eight thousand pieces of linen a year for English markets. Writing in 1837, he also noted that some farmers wove linen in their houses, although agriculture remained the principal occupation. His account distinguishes household weaving from the larger finishing operation. [2]
A crystal from Finglen water
Lewis described rock crystals found in the parish’s mountains, especially at Finglen. He reported that a specimen discovered in Finglen water in 1796 weighed eighty-four and a half pounds. Known as the Dungiven Crystal, it was then held by Michael Ross of Banagher Cottage. This records the specimen’s reported discovery and custody in Lewis’s time; its later whereabouts are not established here. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Banagher. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Banagher, Kenaught — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-07-28. How this page was prepared.