placenamesDonaghey
Dún Eachaidh
Donaghey’s church and school preserve distinct strands of this rural Tyrone community’s history.
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
- Dún Eachaidh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Donaghey · English · main form
Place & story
A congregation after the revival
Historian George Speers traces Donaghey’s Congregational church to Hugh Kelso, a publican who gave up his business after his conversion in 1859. Meetings first took place in local houses. The new church’s foundation stone was laid on 15 July 1861, and it opened the following year. Six farmers serving as its first deacons guaranteed Kelso’s salary as minister. [2]
The school record
Donaghey National School’s surviving admission registers cover 1910–1951. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland holds the school collection as SCH/1019. Its official index places the school in Donaghenry parish, distinguishing it from similarly named schools and localities elsewhere in Tyrone. [3] [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Dungannon Middle
- Civil parish
- Donaghenry
- Coordinates
- 54.58055, -6.73167 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414325 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Donaghey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Congregational Studies Conference 2010: history of Congregationalism in Ireland, page 28 · George Speers
- Index to PRONI School Collections · Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- Schools in County Tyrone: Family History Library catalogue records · Edna Rippon, County Tyrone Community Site
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-01-26. How this page was prepared.