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Cappagh

An Cheapach

Two recorded cashels preserve different traces of the townland’s enclosed sites.

Recorded locationCappagh52.55678° N · 8.89605° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

ceapachplot of land, tillage plot

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Cheapach · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Cappagh · English · main form

Place & story

Enclosures among the outcrops

Denis Power’s archaeological record describes a roughly circular cashel about thirty-six metres across on a south-southeast-facing slope in Cappagh. Its stone enclosure has a vertical inner face and a sloping outer face. Field boundaries meet the wall at several points, while exposed rock raises part of the grass-covered interior. Another cashel, about thirty metres across, retains a poorly preserved stone bank, with a more recent earth-and-stone bank completing part of its circuit. These are documented archaeological observations, rather than evidence for named occupants or a securely dated building episode. [2] [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Limerick
Civil parish
Cappagh
Coordinates
52.55678, -8.89605
Mapped area
3.18 km²
Logainm ID
32031 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Cappagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Cappagh cashel LI020-074---- · Denis Power, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, uploaded 26 August 2011
  3. Cappagh cashel LI020-079---- · Denis Power, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, uploaded 26 August 2011
  4. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.