placenamesCastlereagh Upper
An Caisleán Riabhach Uachtarach
Lewis recorded domestic textile work alongside the town’s market economy.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Caisleán Riabhach Uachtarach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Castlereagh Upper · English · main form
Place & story
Linen, cotton cords and hosiery
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Saintfield, in Upper Castlereagh, describes fine linen cloth, cotton cords and hosiery being made by people working in their own homes. This was household employment, rather than production concentrated in a named factory. N. Price encouraged the town’s market and fairs with premiums, and the regular market met on Mondays. The account connects domestic textile work with a town serving the surrounding agricultural district. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castlereagh Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saintfield: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.