placenamesLecale Lower
Leath Cathail Íochtarach
Lewis’s 1837 account preserves a short record of mining that had already stopped.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Leath Cathail Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Lecale Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Working in 1827, idle by the survey
Samuel Lewis recorded lead mines at Tallyratty in Ballyculter parish that had been worked in 1827. He described them as productive then, but stated that they were no longer operating when his dictionary appeared in 1837. The entry establishes a period of working and a later inactive condition without explaining the closure. Ballyculter belongs to Lecale Lower; Lewis used the older, broader barony name Lecale. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lecale Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyculter: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.