placenamesStrabane Lower
An Srath Bán Íochtarach
Donaghedy’s household linen work outlasted several larger industrial ventures.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Srath Bán Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Strabane Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Closed mills and working looms
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Donaghedy distinguishes domestic work from larger enterprises. Several former bleach-greens and a paper mill near Dunamanagh were then idle, but residents continued weaving linen at home alongside farming. Limestone supplied both building stone and agricultural material, while the mountains were chiefly clay-slate. His account also records an agricultural school at Loughash supported by Capt. Kennedy, showing practical farming education within this mixed rural economy. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Strabane Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Donagheady: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Surviving gable of Donaghedy Church at Donemana illustration: based on a Donaghedy Church, Donemana by Kenneth Allen. 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 2016-09-29. How this page was prepared.