placenamesAghada
Áth Fhada
Lewis recorded plaiting with Tuscan straw and locally growing grass.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Áth Fhada · Irish · main form · validated name
- Aghada · English · main form
Place & story
Two materials for plaiting
In his 1837 description of Aghada parish in County Cork, Samuel Lewis recorded about fifty females employed in plaiting Tuscan straw for export. A smaller, unspecified number plaited crested dog’s-tail grass, which he identified by the local name traneen. His account does not name the workers, describe their earnings or specify the exported products’ destinations. [2]
Work around the harbour
The parish also supported work on the water. At Whitegate, boats raised sand from Cork Harbour for use as manure. Coal and sand were sometimes landed at a subscription-funded pier on the northern side of the parish. Lewis’s account thus places the plaiting trade alongside fishing-port activity and the movement of fuel and agricultural material. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aghada. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Aghada or Ahada, 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.