placenamesMassereene Upper
Mása Ríona Uachtarach
Lewis described stone travelling by canal and cloth being woven in local homes.
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 Uachtarach · Irish · main form
- Massereene Upper · English · main form
Place & story
Materials and household work
Aghalee’s limestone was shipped in large quantities by the Lagan canal towards Belfast, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. Local people also wove linen and cotton in their homes for Belfast manufacturers. The two activities connected the parish with the city in different ways: one depended on carrying a heavy raw material by water, while the other brought manufacturing work into households. Neither description identifies a single factory dominating the parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Massereene Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Aghalee: 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.