placenamesMogeely
Maigh Dhíle
Lewis described a local use for pale clay near Curriglass, in the Bride valley parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Dhíle · Irish · main form · validated name
- Mogeely · English · main form
Place & story
A useful local clay
Near Curriglass, Samuel Lewis noted a sticky white clay that resembled lime when mixed with water. People occasionally used it to whiten walls. His 1837 description also records nurseries raising fruit and forest trees in the eastern part of Mogeely parish. These activities belong to the parish beside the River Bride, west of Tallow, rather than the other Mogeely near Castlemartyr. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Kinnatalloon
- Coordinates
- 52.00243, -8.04109
- Mapped area
- 39.5 km²
- Logainm ID
- 659 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mogeely. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mogealy, Kinnataloon: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.