placenamesDungannon Middle
Dún Geanainn Láir
Donaghmore’s nineteenth-century commercial life linked village growth with livestock trading and small debts.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Dún Geanainn Láir · Irish · main form
- Dungannon Middle · English · main form
Place & story
A developing village
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account records that Donaghmore’s village had been built up since 1796 under A. Mackenzie’s direction. It comprised eighty-eight slated houses, mostly along one street. A livestock fair took place on the first Tuesday of each month, selling cattle, sheep and pigs. On the first Monday of the month, a manor court dealt with debts below five pounds. These institutions gave the village regular commercial and judicial functions within the surrounding rural district. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dungannon Middle. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Donaghmore: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2020-09-04. How this page was prepared.