placenamesCoole
An Chúil
Mayne preserves early nineteenth-century parish buildings and evidence of a much older route across the bog.
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
- An Chúil · Irish · main form
- Coole · English · main form
Place & story
Saint Nicholas’s at Mayne
Saint Nicholas’s Church was built in 1806 with a £500 gift from the Board of First Fruits. Its limestone tower has battlements and pinnacles, while the doorway’s hood moulding ends in unusual heart-shaped stops. The architectural inventory also records an older stone font inside, adding an earlier object to the later church. [2]
The associated rectory
The former rectory southeast of the church was built in 1812 with another Board of First Fruits contribution: a £450 gift and £50 loan. Its living accommodation later expanded into a store to the east. Limestone entrance steps and a separate group of outbuildings preserve elements of the clerical residence and its working yard. [3]
A route through Mayne Bog
Westmeath County Council records a timber trackway discovered in Mayne Bog in 2005. Recording in 2006 followed 657 metres, with further traces beyond both ends. Radiocarbon dating placed the excavated structure between 1200 and 820 BC, in the Late Bronze Age. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Coole. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Nicholas’s Church, Mayne, NIAH 15400335 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- The Old Rectory, Mayne, NIAH 15400336 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Draft Westmeath County Development Plan 2021–2027, chapter 12, peatland archaeology · Westmeath County Council
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2013-11-01. How this page was prepared.