placenamesDungiven
Dún Geimhin
Lewis recorded several distinct forms of support for education and church building across the parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Dún Geimhin · Irish · main form
- Dungiven · English · main form
Place & story
Land, buildings and ongoing support
In 1837 Samuel Lewis recorded a school at Ballymacallion endowed with an acre of land by the Marquess of Waterford. The vicar supported schools at Tirmeal and Gortnacross, while R. Ogilby built and maintained a school in Dungiven town. A girls’ work school depended on the vicar and his wife. These were separate gifts and arrangements, rather than a single parish school fund. [2]
Rebuilding on an earlier church site
Lewis dated the parish church to 1817, replacing a church of 1711 on the same site. He gave its cost as £1,460, including a £1,200 loan from the Board of First Fruits. That contribution was repayable finance, rather than a grant covering the whole cost. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dungiven. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dungiven: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-08-23. How this page was prepared.