placenamesInishcarra
Inis Cara
Lewis described two mills whose labour and output differed across the parish.
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
- Inis Cara · Irish · main form · validated name
- Inishcarra · English · main form
- Inniscarra · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Dripsey’s paper workforce
In his 1837 account of Inniscarra, Samuel Lewis placed the Dripsey paper mills at the parish’s western end. Owned by Messrs Magnay and Co., the works employed between seventy and a hundred people and made paper for the English market. The range describes a varying workforce, rather than a fixed staff total. [2]
Cloghroe’s conditional capacity
A small stream powered the Cloghroe flour mills elsewhere in the parish. Lewis put their capacity at 140 sacks a week when enough water was available. This qualification matters: he described potential output under sufficient flow, rather than an uninterrupted weekly production figure or a yearly total. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Coordinates
- 51.92686, -8.68903
- Mapped area
- 41.28 km²
- Logainm ID
- 590 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inishcarra. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Inniscarra: 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.