Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
townland
townland
Moloughabbey
(English)
Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
Explanatory note
Centrepoint
52.281, -7.79327latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...
Historical references
(i)Féach Betha Decclain 62: ' ... sruth gabhus laimh ris an mainistir do rinneattar na hogha naomhtha ingheana righ na Deisi, i. Cinaodh, a nonoir do Dhia dar ab ainm Madlaca'
|
||
(ii)CS I 328: 'Upon the siad lands [i. Moloughabbey] stands the walls of an old Aby'
|
||
(iii)Cur síos ar Mullogh Abbey, 'sit. [in} the T.L. of Mullagh Abbey' AL
|
||
1540-1 |
Priory or House of Nuns of Moylaghe
|
Ir. Mon. Poss. Leathanach: 336
|
1541 |
nunnery of Moylaghe
|
F Leathanach: 236
|
1542 |
prioress of St. Brigid of Moylaghe
|
F Leathanach: 300
|
1577 |
house of nuns of Moylaughe, Moilaughe
|
F Leathanach: 3115
|
1647 |
Malach Monialium
|
LGen. Leathanach: 625b
|
1654 |
Moylagh, Nun of St. Brigid
|
Ware Antiq. Leathanach: 270
|
1654 |
Mullagh Aby
|
CS I Leathanach: 328
|
1655 |
Mulagh Abby
|
|
1660c |
Mullagh Abby
|
BSD Leathanach: 139
|
1665-6 |
Mollaghaby
|
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 27
|
1666-7 |
Mullagh abby
|
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 89
|
1669 |
Mullagh alias Mullagh-Abbey
|
ASE Leathanach: 191
|
1840 |
Mullogh Abbey
|
|
1952 |
'Molough Abbey, Mainistir Brighde ... (also, commonly Molacha Brighde)'
|
PN Decies Leathanach: 307
|
1963-4 |
məˈʟɑxə/ məˈlɑx
|
Dinnseanchas Leathanach: I.35
|
1985 |
məˌlaˈkabiː
|
Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.
Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.
Permanent link
https://www.logainm.ie/48186.aspxOpen data
Application programming interface (API)
Available under
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
Linked Logainm
Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML
Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland