placenamesDunbulloge
Dún Bolg
Lewis recorded a small textile enterprise supported by Mrs McCarty and educational provision at Carrignavar.
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
- Dún Bolg · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dunbulloge · English · main form
Place & story
Work making stockings
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Dunbolloge entry describes cotton and worsted stockings being manufactured on a small scale under Mrs McCarty’s patronage and support. He presented the work as employment for poor people. The account does not identify a factory, workforce total or destination for the goods. [2]
A school endowed with land
Justin McCarty built the parochial school and endowed it with two acres. Mrs McCarty also patronised a school for girls. Lewis recorded about 100 children in three other public schools, a combined figure separate from those two institutions, and a Sunday school supported by the rector. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunbulloge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dunbolloge, or Carrignavar: 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.