placenamesNorth-East Liberties of Coleraine
Líbeartaí Thoir Thuaidh Chúil Raithin
Lewis described the pressure of coastal sand and fuel depletion in Ballywillin’s wider parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Líbeartaí Thoir Thuaidh Chúil Raithin · Irish · main form
- North-East Liberties of Coleraine · English · main form
Place & story
Land covered by the dunes
Ballywillin parish crossed from the North-East Liberties of Coleraine into Lower Dunluce in Antrim. Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account described sand driven inland near Portrush by north and north-west winds, covering formerly productive land. Elsewhere, bog had been exhausted and brought into cultivation, leaving barely enough turf for fuel. These observations concern the historical coastal parish across the county boundary, rather than every part of the liberties or the present condition of its dunes. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — North-East Liberties of Coleraine. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballywillin: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-02-07. How this page was prepared.