placenamesBodoney Lower
Both Dhomhnaigh Íochtarach
Lewis’s 1837 description places household weaving alongside farming and cattle breeding.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Both Dhomhnaigh Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Bodoney Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Farm work and linen cloth
Samuel Lewis described agriculture and cattle breeding as the principal occupations in Bodoney Lower parish. Linen cloth was also woven in several farmhouses. His account locates this textile work within rural homes, alongside farming, rather than identifying a central weaving factory. [2]
Pasture and fuel in the uplands
Much of the parish consisted of mountain and bog in Lewis’s account. The mountains supplied grazing and the bog provided fuel, while he described the vale of Gortin as cultivated and fertile. These different uses formed part of the parish’s working landscape. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Strabane Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.70607, -7.14224 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 194.04 km²
- Logainm ID
- 63195 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Bodoney Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Badony Lower: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2009-01-27. How this page was prepared.