Moybeg Kirley

Moybeg Kirley
Irish transcription(s)
 • Derivation: Maigh Bheag
 • Meaning: "Little plain"
Irish transcription(s)
 • Derivation: Corrbhaile
 • Meaning: "Prominent townland"
Moybeg Kirley

Moybeg Kirley shown within Northern Ireland

Coordinates: 54°49′01″N 6°44′28″W / 54.817°N 6.741°W / 54.817; -6.741Coordinates: 54°49′01″N 6°44′28″W / 54.817°N 6.741°W / 54.817; -6.741
Country Northern Ireland
County County Londonderry
Barony Loughinsholin
Civil parish Kilcronaghan
Plantation grant Drapers Company
First recorded 1609
Government
 • Council Magherafelt District Council
 • Ward Tobermore
Area[1]
 • Total 66.15 ha (163.46 acres)
Irish grid ref H8097

Moybeg Kirley (locally [ˌmɔibeɡˈkʲïli], from Irish Maigh Bheag, meaning "little plain" and Corrbahile meaning "prominent townland"[2]) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the north-west of the parish, with the Moyola River forming its northern boundary. It is bounded by the townlands of Drumconready, Drumcrow, Kirley, Moneyguiggy, and Moneyshanere. It was apportioned to the Drapers company.[3]

The townland is currently part of Tobermore electoral ward of Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Carnamoney District Electoral Division as part of the Draperstown dispensary (registrar's) district of Magherafelt Rural District.[4] It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.[3]

History

Population
Year Pop.
1841 44 [5]
1851 41 [5]
1861 37 [5]
1871 35 [5]
1881 26 [5]
1911 9 [4]
1926 15 [4]
Size (acres, roods, poles)
Year a, r, p
1851 162, 2, 22 [6]
1881 162, 1, 9 [5]
1926 162, 2, 9 [4]
Earlier recorded forms[7]
Year Form
1609 Maybeg (O.S.) [3]
1613 Moybegg (Charter) [3]
1613 Moybegkerley
1622 Moybegkirlo
1659c Molock beg Quarter
1661 Half Moybegg and Taynaghmore
1813 Moybeg (S.M.) [3]
(O.S.) - Ordnance Survey map (1609)
(Charter) - Charter of Londonderry (1613)
(S.M.) - Sampson's Map

See also

References

  1. ↑ Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 131. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, ISBN 0-85389-613-5
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry
  4. 1 2 3 4 HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 24
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698
  6. ↑ HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241
  7. ↑ Place Names NI - Moybeg Kirley
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