placenamesKeenaght
Cianachta
Tamlaghtfinlagan’s rural economy included grain mills, leather working and a forge.
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
- Cianachta · Irish · main form
- Keenaght · English · main form
Place & story
A parish of several trades
Samuel Lewis recorded three flour mills, three corn mills and several tanyards in Tamlaghtfinlagan parish in 1837. A forge made spades, shovels and other agricultural implements. Farming supplied most household income, supplemented by linen weaving, although the bleaching mills at the Dog-leap were then idle. The account distinguishes productive workshops from closed textile works, within a parish stretching from fertile low ground near Lough Foyle towards southern mountain and bog. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Keenaght. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tamlaghtfinlagan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.