placenamesGrousehall
Maigh Leacht
Grousehall at Moylett appears in records of rural services and recreation, distinct from the Cavan townland of the same name near Loughduff.
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 Leacht · Irish · main form · validated name
- Grousehall · English · main form
Place & story
The post office in a closure survey
Johann Bergmann’s 2008–09 survey of Irish post offices lists Grousehall among the Cavan offices closed between 2006 and August 2008. He compiled the list from information supplied by Maurice Barrett, drawing on An Post records. The entry places Grousehall within a wider contraction of rural postal services, although the survey does not give its exact final opening day. [2]
Lough Acurry and the Laragh Anglers
Lough Acurry, also identified as Grousehall in Inland Fisheries Ireland’s guide, lies on the Cavan–Bailieborough road. The guide records its management by the Laragh Anglers and a brown-trout stock supplemented with hatchery-reared fish. Fishing took place from the bank, with summer evenings noted for sedge-fly activity. The account documents an established recreational use of the local lake without identifying it as a public park. [3]
A barracks posting remembered in football
In a 2010 GAA oral-history interview, P. J. Reilly recalled Phil “The Gunner” Brady among the figures associated with Knockbride football. The interview’s detailed report specifically links Brady’s participation with his posting at Grousehall Barracks. It is a precise local association arising from work and sport, rather than evidence that Brady was born in Grousehall. The recollection connects the barracks with the surrounding community’s playing life. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cavan
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Civil parish
- Killinkere
- Within
- Moylett
- Coordinates
- 53.93716, -7.13199 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 105028 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Grousehall. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Closed down, closed down, closed down: News on Irish Post Offices, Die Harfe 105, pages 42–45 · Johann Bergmann / Forschungs- und Arbeitsgemeinschaft Irland
- Trout in County Cavan: Lough Acurry, Grousehall · Inland Fisheries Ireland
- Interview with Peter Reilly and P. J. Reilly,2 September 2010, reportCN/1/17 · Arlene Crampsie, Peter Reilly and P. J. Reilly / GAA Oral History Project
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.