placenamesRaphoe North
Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh
Livestock and linen materials drew buyers to Manorcunningham’s fairs.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh · Irish · main form
- Raphoe North · English · main form
Place & story
Premiums for produce
At Manorcunningham, Samuel Lewis recorded newly established fairs in his 1837 dictionary. They began on 6 January and recurred on the sixth of alternate months. Local landed proprietors encouraged trading by offering small premiums to owners and buyers of the best livestock, yarn and flax presented for sale. Lewis also noted penny-post connections with Letterkenny and Strabane, placing this single-street settlement within a wider network of communication and exchange. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Raphoe North. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Manor-Conyngham: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-03. How this page was prepared.