placenamesMoatfarrell
Móta Uí Fhearaíl
A nineteenth-century outbuilding and a modern signage initiative preserve different aspects of Moatfarrell’s local history.
The name
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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
- Móta Uí Fhearaíl · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moatfarrell · English · main form
Place & story
The working buildings of Moatfarrell House
An extensive two-storey outbuilding at Moatfarrell House dates to about 1860. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records limestone walls, brick surrounds to the openings and a carved limestone roundel above the central carriage entrance. Together with the house and entrance gates, it illustrates the buildings and resources needed to maintain a substantial nineteenth-century farm. The 2005 survey found it disused and partly derelict. [2]
Interpreting local heritage
In 2018 Moatfarrell Community Development unveiled information signs at the motte and the old post office. Aisling Kiernan’s contemporary report records that Connie O’Farrell performed the unveiling during the Farrell International Gathering. LEADER support helped fund the project, with local development bodies and committee members working together to present the area’s historic sites. An interpretive centre was then being considered as a possible future project. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Longford
- Barony
- Granard
- Civil parish
- Clonbroney
- Coordinates
- 53.74211, -7.65138 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414161 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moatfarrell. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Moatfarrell House outbuilding, NIAH 13401434 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- History in the making at Moatfarrell, 3 August 2018 · Aisling Kiernan, Longford Leader
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.