placenamesCaheragh
Cathrach
Lewis’s account records farming practices among the parish’s small, rocky fields.
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
- Cathrach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Caheragh · English · main form
Place & story
Spades and packhorses
Samuel Lewis described Caheragh’s cultivated land in 1837 as small fields scattered among rocks, worked with spades. Farmers carried manure to their fields on horses’ backs, even though he considered the roads good. His account places this transport practice alongside the physical conditions of the farmland, without identifying individual farms. [2]
Roads meeting at Dromore
Roads from Skibbereen and Dunmanway met at Dromore and continued north towards Bantry in Lewis’s description. The River Ilen crossed the parish, with cascades near Dromore. These details locate a junction and watercourse within the wider rural district. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery West (W.D.)
- Barony
- Carbery West (E.D.)
- Coordinates
- 51.62687, -9.31202
- Mapped area
- 95.18 km²
- Logainm ID
- 527 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Caheragh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cahera or Caharagh: 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.