placenamesMoylough
Maigh Locha
Lewis described stone serving several practical purposes alongside rural textile manufacture.
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 Locha · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Moylough · English · main form
Place & story
Stone for lime, buildings and roads
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Moylough parish records limestone being quarried for burning into lime, for construction and for road making. He also noted ridges of limestone gravel. These resources accompanied an agricultural landscape of uneven quality, with productive ground alongside bog and marsh. Lewis separately reported substantial manufacture of coarse linen among the rural population, adding textile work to the parish’s farming and quarrying activities. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moylough. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Moylough, Galway: 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.