placenamesSlaghtmanus
Sleacht Mhánasa
Slaghtmanus has a precise connection with the McShain building family and a sporting history carried by St Mary’s.
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
- Sleacht Mhánasa · Irish · main form · validated name
- Slaghtmanus · English · main form
Place & story
The elder John McShain
The Hibernofiles heritage project identifies Slaughtmanus as the birthplace of John McShane, later McShain, senior, in 1860. A carpenter, he emigrated to Philadelphia in 1885 and worked with his uncle, the builder William J. McShane. He established his own contracting business in 1888 and married Catherine Malloy in 1893. After his death in 1919, his son John continued the business. The connection with Slaghtmanus belongs specifically to the father’s birthplace. [2]
St Mary’s championship of 2025
St Mary’s Slaughtmanus won its first Derry Junior Championship in October 2025, defeating Doire Trasna at Celtic Park by 2–15 to 1–10. Steve Doherty’s match report records nine points from Conor McGee and goals from Barry Lyons and Killene Thornton. It was the club’s first championship victory since 1988, giving the 2025 final a particular place in the community’s sporting history. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Tirkeeran
- Civil parish
- Cumber Lower
- Within
- Slaghtmanus
- Coordinates
- 54.95250, -7.14146 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413340 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Slaghtmanus. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The McShains: Father and Son, John J. McShane/McShain senior1860–1919 and John J. McShain junior1898–1989 · The Hibernofiles, Irish American Heritage Documentation and Narration Project
- Slaughtmanus win first Junior Championship with win over Doire Trasna,19October2025 · Steve Doherty, Derry Now
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-12-06. How this page was prepared.