placenamesDerryaghy
Doire Eachaidh
Lewis’s account distinguishes a small school endowment from later building work at Ballymacash.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Doire Eachaidh · Irish · main form
- Derryaghy · English · main form
Place & story
Support for local teaching
Samuel Lewis records a Derryaghy parochial school established before 1750 and endowed by Mrs. Hamill with £50 for teaching twelve children. His account does not describe £50 as an annual payment. At Ballymacash, the Reverend Philip Johnson built a school in 1790; E. Johnson rebuilt it in 1833 and supported it when Lewis wrote in 1837. The entry also identifies National Board connections for schools at Collin and Rushy Hill, showing several forms of educational support within the parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Belfast Upper
- Barony
- Massereene Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.54473, -6.06305 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 61286 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Derryaghy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Derryaghy or Derriaghy: 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.