placenamesDuneane
Dún Dá Éan
Lough Neagh, Lough Beg and the Bann framed a farming and weaving district described in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Dún Dá Éan · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Duneane · English · main form
Place & story
Water boundaries and worked land
Lewis placed Duneane parish between Lough Neagh to the south and Lough Beg and the Bann to the west. He included the Three Islands in Lough Neagh within its limits. About two-thirds of the land was cultivated, while bog provided another part of the landscape. Basalt was quarried for buildings and road repairs. [2]
Cloth and parish schools
Fine linen, calico and union cloth were all woven extensively in the parish, according to the 1837 account. Nine public schools taught about 840 children, and eight Sunday schools supplied another form of instruction. The vicar contributed to the parochial school. These figures place education alongside farming and textile work in Duneane’s pre-Famine social history. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Toome Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.70044, -6.42148 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 44.92 km²
- Logainm ID
- 61345 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Duneane. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Duneane — 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.