placenamesAltnamackan
Alt na Meacan
Altnamackan is a population centre in Armagh. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationAltnamackan54.15721° N · 6.63748° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
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
- Alt na Meacan · Irish · main form · validated name
- Altnamackan · English · main form
- Altnamachin · English · main form · local name
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Armagh
- Barony
- Fews Upper
- Civil parish
- Newtownhamilton
- Coordinates
- 54.15721, -6.63748 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 56385 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Altnamackan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.