placenamesIveagh Upper, Upper Half
Uíbh Eachach Uachtarach, An Leath Uachtair
The parish church stood in Rathfriland, separate from Drumgath’s older church ruins.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Uíbh Eachach Uachtarach, An Leath Uachtair · Irish · main form
- Iveagh Upper, Upper Half · English · main form
Place & story
A loan for repairs
Samuel Lewis located Drumgath’s parish church in Rathfriland in 1837. The Board of First Fruits had lent £150 for its repair in 1829, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners had subsequently given £119. Lewis separately mentioned ancient church ruins in a burial ground. Keeping these references apart distinguishes the working parish church supported by nineteenth-century funding from the older ecclesiastical remains elsewhere in the parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Iveagh Upper, Upper Half. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drumgath: 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.