placenamesMassereene Lower
Mása Ríona Íochtarach
Lewis’s account of Killead describes agriculture and household industry within the barony.
Recorded locationMassereene Lower54.65317° N · 6.19993° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Mása Ríona Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Massereene Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Killead’s cultivated landscape
Writing in 1837, Samuel Lewis placed Killead parish in Lower Massereene and described wheat as its principal crop. He noted drained and enclosed farmland, substantial farmyards, orchards and hedgerows. Linen weaving also occupied people in several parts of the parish. These observations concern Killead within the barony, rather than a survey of every district of Massereene Lower. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Massereene Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killead: 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.