placenamesIsland Magee
Oileán Mhic Aodha
Lewis records a coastal outlet for stone alongside fishing and textile work.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Oileán Mhic Aodha · Irish · main form
- Island Magee · English · main form
- Islandmagee · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Shipping from the peninsula
In 1837 Samuel Lewis recorded limestone being shipped from a pier at Portmuck in Island Magee parish. Coastguard stations operated at Portmuck and Blackhead within the Carrickfergus district. His account also records fishing, spinning, and the weaving of linen and calico in various parts of the parish. These activities place the peninsula within a working coastal economy. Lewis does not name the limestone’s destination or quantify the cargoes, so the trade cannot be assigned a particular overseas market from this account alone. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Belfast Lower
- Coordinates
- 54.81315, -5.73646 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 28.9 km²
- Logainm ID
- 61279 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Island Magee. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Island Magee: 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.