placenamesCarbery East (E.D.)
Cairbrigh Thoir (an Roinn Thoir)
Lewis recorded wheat-grinding capacity and employment at Ballincarrig in Ballymoney parish.
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
- Cairbrigh Thoir (an Roinn Thoir) · Irish · main form · validated name
- Carbery East (E.D.) · English · main form
Place & story
Capacity and a regular workforce
Rockcastle Mills at Ballincarrig belonged to Mr. Heazle, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Ballymoney account. He recorded capacity to grind 5,000 bags of wheat annually and constant employment for twenty people. In nearby Ballyneen, a few inhabitants also wove cotton cord. These activities formed part of the eastern division of East Carbery’s working economy alongside farming. The mill figure describes capacity, not a measured year’s actual production. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Carbery East (E.D.). Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballymoney: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.