placenamesAghacommon
Achadh Camán
Aghacommon’s church and school record successive building campaigns serving the wider Seagoe community.
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
- Achadh Camán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Aghacommon · English · main form
Place & story
Derrymacash Chapel in Aghacommon
St Patrick’s Church stands in Aghacommon but is also known as Derrymacash Chapel. The diocese’s 2026 refurbishment account dates its construction to 1829–32, replacing a smaller Mass house. A notable later addition is the high altar, made in 1925 by Antonio Caniparoli’s studio in Carrara, Italy. The building brings together an early nineteenth-century parish church and furnishings commissioned nearly a century later. [2]
The bell named Patrick
Frank McCorry records the Patrick bell being raised on 5 February 1978. [3]
Replacing the old school
St Patrick’s school opened on 1 October 1962; four octagonal classrooms followed in May 1972. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Armagh
- Barony
- Oneilland East
- Civil parish
- Seagoe
- Coordinates
- 54.46873, -6.39575 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 56421 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aghacommon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mass of Thanksgiving at St Patrick’s Church, Aghacommon: Lent 2026 newsletter · Fr Brian Fitzpatrick, Diocese of Dromore
- Parish of Seagoe · Frank McCorry, Dromore diocesan history, reproduced by Lisburn.com
- St Patrick's Church, Aghacommon illustration: based on a Seagoe Parish Catholic Church by Brian Shaw. 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 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.