Muckanaghederdauhaulia Explained

Muckanaghederdauhaulia
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Connacht
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Galway
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Ha:203.5
Coordinates:53.3411°N -9.5692°W
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Muckanaghederdauhaulia [2] [3] is a 503acres[1] townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin in County Galway, Ireland. It is in the poor law union of Oughterard in the barony of Moycullen.[4]

Name and location

It was formerly regarded as the longest place name (in English) in Ireland (22 letters), but awareness of longer names has challenged Muckanaghederdauhaulia.[5] There was a hamlet within the townland which had the same name in Irish (Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile), but a shorter English name, Mucknasalia.[6] [7] The 1911 census enumerator spelled it Muckenaghedderdahaulia (23 letters)[8] though the published report uses the 22-letter spelling.

The townland lies on a low, boggy peninsula in Camus Bay and can be reached by turning west from the R336 road at Cinn Mhara, or by going northwest on the R374 road out of Casla, then turning onto Bóthar na Scratóg and going north.[9]

Population

The population recorded in those census reports which provided figures at townland level were as follows:[10] [11]

In popular culture

The area is mentioned in Georges Perec's novel : "In between, there had been the little harbour of Muckanaghederdauhaulia, not far from Costelloe, in Ireland’s Camus Bay...".[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Muckanaghederdauhaulia Townland, Co. Galway . townlands.ie . 7 May 2022.
  2. Web site: Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile / Muckanaghederdauhaulia . Irish Placenames Database . logainm.ie . 11 September 2020 .
  3. Ó Máille. T. S.. 1955. Muiceanach Mar Áitainm. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 85. 1. 88–93. 25509201. Irish, English.
  4. Web site: Muckanaghederdauhaulia . Ordnance Survey Ireland. 12 November 2013.
  5. Web site: Ireland’s strangest place names . Irish Central . irishcentral.com . 3 August 2010 .
  6. Web site: Mucknasalia. Placenames Database of Ireland. logainm.ie . 13 November 2013.
  7. Web site: First-edition 6-inch map. c. 1840. Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 13 November 2013.
  8. Web site: Houses in Muckenaghedderdahaulia (Crumpaun, Galway). Census of Ireland 1911. National Archives. 13 November 2013.
  9. Web site: Muckanaghederdauhaulia . Google Maps . 12 November 2013.
  10. Web site: Census > 1881 > Ireland > Area, population and number of houses, Vol. IV, Ireland, 1881 Page 96. HISTPOP.ORG. 13 November 2013.
  11. Web site: Census > 1911 > Ireland > Area, houses, and population, Connaught, Ireland, 1911 Page 86. HISTPOP.ORG. 13 November 2013.
  12. Book: Perec, Georges. Life: A User's Manual. Vintage. 2008. 9780099449256. London. 52.