placenamesCorriga
Carraigigh
Corriga’s history emerges through the people who worked on local building projects and those who entered ministry abroad.
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
- Carraigigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Corriga · English · main form
Place & story
Craftsmen from Corriga
Michael Whelan names James McInerney of Corriga as the maker of Saint Joseph’s church gates, and Frank Murphy as a tradesman who inspected construction weekly. [2]
Clergy overseas
Whelan lists Corriga priests Francis Curran, ordained in 1877, who served in Kansas City; another Francis, ordained in 1905, in Springfield; and James P. Curran, ordained in 1963, in Camden, New Jersey. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Leitrim
- Barony
- Carrigallen
- Civil parish
- Cloone
- Within
- Corriga
- Coordinates
- 53.93991, -7.69542 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413909 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Corriga. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The Parish of Aughavas, County Leitrim: church building and native-born priests · Michael Whelan, 1998; reproduced by Leitrim Local Studies
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.