placenamesAghnamullen
Achadh na Muileann
Aghnamullen’s compact centre preserves nineteenth-century religious and social buildings, with nearby mills recalling the district’s linen economy.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Achadh na Muileann · Irish · main form · validated name
- Aghnamullen · English · main form
- Aughnamullen · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Christ Church rebuilt and enlarged
Christ Church at Moyle More began around 1820 and acquired further additions during the nineteenth century. Architect John Raphael Brandon exhibited designs for alterations at London’s Royal Academy in 1847. The body of the church was rebuilt in 1864 under Welland and Gillespie, architects to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Stained glass attributed to William Henry O’Connor commemorates that work. A tower, north aisle and eastern apse give the church its varied outline; inside, a scissor-truss roof and carved memorials preserve further craftsmanship. [2]
An Orange hall dated 1886
A round stone plaque identifies Aghnamullen’s former Orange hall and dates it to 1886. The small building has five bays, an attic and a front roof gablet with decorative timberwork. Slate roofing, sash windows and a low boundary wall give it a domestic scale, and it was later converted into a house. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage places its construction within the late nineteenth-century revival of Orange activity associated with the debate over Irish Home Rule. [3]
Linen finishing and a nearby corn mill
At Corwillin, northeast of the hamlet, a substantial mill records a change from textile production to food processing. Built around 1790 as a beetling mill, it finished linen by beating the cloth to produce a smoother surface. Around 1850 it became a corn mill and gained a fourth storey. A projecting bay formerly housed an internal waterwheel. The mill belonged to the Jackson family’s network of local milling interests; its surviving stream, associated house and outbuildings preserve the wider industrial setting. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Monaghan
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Civil parish
- Aghnamullen
- Coordinates
- 54.08855, -6.96071 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414619 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aghnamullen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Christ Church, Moyle More: NIAH 41402325 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Aghnamullen Orange Hall: NIAH 41402328 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Corwillin mill: NIAH 41402317 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Christ Church, Aghnamullen, County Monaghan illustration: based on a Aughnamullen church by Michael Dibb. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2013-11-05. How this page was prepared.