placenamesMatehy
Maigh Teichigh
David O’Brien’s transcription preserved a working cemetery record while reducing handling of the original book.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Maigh Teichigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Matehy · English · main form
Place & story
A record of burials and plots
Inniscarra Historical Society member David O’Brien describes transcribing Matehy’s burial register into searchable digital form. The register begins in 1904 and records names, ages, occupations, home addresses, death and burial dates, and plot locations. His account gives 1,382 individuals in the completed digital archive. That is the archive total he reported, rather than a count of everyone ever buried at Matehy. [2]
The older cemetery
O’Brien locates the cemetery in Gilcaugh townland within Matehy parish, with old church ruins inside a circular enclosure. He reports 1766 as the date of the oldest readable headstone. A new graveyard information panel was launched on 16 August 2025. The headstone date establishes an identifiable surviving inscription, rather than the beginning of burial at the site. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Coordinates
- 51.95496, -8.64261
- Mapped area
- 28.7 km²
- Logainm ID
- 657 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Matehy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Matehy Cemetery Burial Register, Co Cork, updated 14 April 2026 · David O’Brien, Inniscarra History / Inniscarra Historical Society
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.