placenamesCraigs
Na Creaga
Valuation records preserve the distinction between Craigs townland and the wider parish formed from Ahoghill.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Na Creaga · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Craigs · English · main form
Place & story
Before the parish division
In 1836 Craigs townland still belonged to the larger parish of Ahoghill. W. Macafee’s study of its manuscript valuation identifies thirteen recorded properties, six of which were rejected while their details remained in the book. The record therefore preserves more building descriptions than the final accepted total alone would suggest. [2]
A parish across barony boundaries
The printed Ballymena valuation dated 23 January 1862 placed Craigs townland in Kilconway barony, while the parish’s other townlands were listed under Lower Toome. Macafee’s account distinguishes these parts explicitly. The parish shared a name with one large townland, but its administrative extent crossed the boundary between the two baronies. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Kilconway
- Barony
- Toome Lower
- Coordinates
- 54.90857, -6.36271 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 50.17 km²
- Logainm ID
- 63001 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Craigs. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 1836 Manuscript Townland Valuation for Craigs, PRONI VAL/1B/155 · W. Macafee
- Craigs valuation records, dated 16 April 2013 · W. Macafee
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.