placenamesMacosquin
Maigh Choscáin
Lewis distinguished industrial capacity from the work still continuing in 1837.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Choscáin · Irish · main form
- Macosquin · English · main form
Place & story
One bleach-green still working
Samuel Lewis described four large bleach-greens in Macosquin parish, together capable of finishing 60,000 pieces of linen annually. All had formerly operated, but only one remained at work in 1837 as the trade declined. The figure describes their combined capacity, rather than production achieved by the surviving works. [2]
Stone and unworked ore
Basalt was quarried for building and road repair. Iron ore was abundant, especially at Drumcroon, but Lewis stated that the mines had never been worked because coal was too expensive. His account separates an active stone industry from an unrealised mineral resource. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Macosquin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Macosquin or Camus-juxta-Bann: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2014-02-27. How this page was prepared.