placenamesMourne
Múrna
A manorial court at Kilkeel heard small civil claims from across Mourne.
Recorded locationMourne54.07499° N · 6.01364° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Múrna · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Mourne · English · main form
Place & story
The three-weekly sitting
Samuel Lewis recorded in 1837 that the court for the manor of Greencastle and Mourne met once every three weeks in Kilkeel’s sessions house. Its seneschal was appointed by the Earl of Kilmorey, and its jurisdiction extended throughout the barony of Mourne. Claims up to £10 could be determined by attachment or civil bill. Kilkeel thus provided a regular venue for resolving small civil disputes across the surrounding barony. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mourne. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilkeel: 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.