placenamesAnnahilt
Eanach Eilte
Lewis recorded linen and cotton weaving for manufacturers in neighbouring towns.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Eanach Eilte · Irish · main form
- Annahilt · English · main form
Place & story
Farming, cloth and local communication
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Annahilt inhabitants combining agriculture with linen and cotton weaving for manufacturers in nearby towns. Women and girls spun yarn. The parish’s mainly tilled land was extensively under-drained, while a slate quarry operated at Cluntogh. A recently established penny post connected the parish with Hillsborough. These details describe several kinds of work within a farming district, with textile production linked to neighbouring towns rather than presented as a single local factory. Lewis did not name the manufacturers or give production totals. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Lower, Lower Half
- Barony
- Kinelarty
- Coordinates
- 54.44466, -5.98810 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 27.45 km²
- Logainm ID
- 65718 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Annahilt. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Anahilt, 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.