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Mullaghduff

An Mullach Dubh

Archaeological testing matched buried features with an early Ordnance Survey map.

Watercolour and fine ink view through a field fence and branches towards rising green pasture, with an ivy-covered tree trunk at the right.
Illustration, pasture in Mullaghduff townland near Ballyconnell, County Cavan, as photographed in May 2010
Recorded locationMullaghduff54.10892° N · 7.56649° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

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

  • An Mullach Dubh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Mullaghduff · English · main form

Place & story

Lines surviving below ground

Testing by Eoin Halpin at Mullaghduff on 8 July 2024 recorded two linear features corresponding to field boundaries shown on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map. A third feature crossed the centre of the site but was absent from the maps. Its fill and a fragment of green bottle glass suggested a relatively recent agricultural origin. The work found no earlier archaeology in the tested development area. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cavan
Barony
Tullyhaw
Civil parish
Tomregan
Coordinates
54.10892, -7.56649
Mapped area
1.03 km²
Logainm ID
3888 ↗

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 — Mullaghduff. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. 2024:402 Mullaghduff, Ballyconnell, licence24E0540 · Eoin Halpin, AHC Ltd.; Excavations.ie, Wordwell Ltd.
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Pasture in Mullaghduff townland, County Cavan illustration: based on a Mullaghduff Townland 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 2026-08-27. How this page was prepared.