placenamesMevagh
Míobhaigh
Lewis records education and regular trading gatherings across the Donegal parish.
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
- Míobhaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Mevagh · English · main form
Place & story
An annual contribution to the parish school
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account records four public schools in Mevagh teaching about 230 children. The parochial school received an annual donation from Colonel Robertson’s fund. Three private schools taught about 130 children, while three Sunday schools formed a separate part of the parish’s educational provision. [2]
A fixed day at Glen
A fair took place at Glen on the fourteenth of every month, according to Lewis. Petty sessions met on alternate Saturdays. These recurring dates placed trade and local judicial business within the rural parish’s calendar. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Coordinates
- 55.16994, -7.80527 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 86.4 km²
- Logainm ID
- 805 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mevagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mevagh: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-10-21. How this page was prepared.