placenamesDunluce Lower
Dún Libhse Íochtarach
Lewis recorded several different ways of accommodating schools in Billy 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
- Dún Libhse Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Dunluce Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Purpose-built rooms and borrowed premises
At Eagry, a school under Erasmus Smith’s charity had a schoolhouse and a residence for its master, who also had two acres of land, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. Elsewhere in Billy parish, a subscription-supported school used a rented house at Bushmills, while a school at Castle-Cat occupied the Methodist meeting-house. The parish crossed Dunluce Lower and Cary; the account records contrasting teaching premises within that wider area, rather than one uniform school system. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunluce Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Billy: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.