placenamesCulfeightrin
Cúil Eachtrann
Lewis described eight miles of new road while construction was still underway.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cúil Eachtrann · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Culfeightrin · English · main form
Place & story
Road works before completion
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described a new military road under construction through Culfeightrin. Eight miles of its route within the parish were entirely new. Preparatory work included levelling hills and draining bogs and lakes, while a viaduct across Glendun was intended to connect the baronies of Carey and Glenarm. The scheme would avoid or ease the difficult older passage over Carey mountain. Lewis’s account captures the route during its construction. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Culfeightrin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Culfeightrin: 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.