placenamesThe Bush
An Sceach
At The Bush, an old church and a restored schoolhouse preserve a history of worship and community gathering.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Sceach · Irish · main form
- The Bush · English · main form
Place & story
St Andrew’s Church
St Andrew’s Church at The Bush was built around 1845 and is associated with the Upton family of Glyde Court. Its stone walls, lancet windows and stepped pinnacles give it a distinctive outline. A bellcote rises above the western gable, while a graveyard surrounds the elevated church site. The former school stands nearby, southwest of the church. [2]
A new role for the schoolhouse
The Bush Old Schoolhouse became a focus for community regeneration in the 2000s. The International Fund for Ireland’s 2009 report described a Church of Ireland group refurbishing the building as a place for wider community use. Its committee worked with the Grange and District Residents Association and planned activities bringing schools together across community and border divisions. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Louth
- Barony
- Dundalk Lower
- Civil parish
- Carlingford
- Within
- Ballaverty
- Within
- Rathcor
- Coordinates
- 53.99767, -6.19411
- Logainm ID
- 1410341 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — The Bush. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Andrew’s Church (Carlingford), Rathcor, The Bush, record 13900811 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Annual Report and Accounts 2009: A Place of Welcome, Bush Old Schoolhouse · International Fund for Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.