placenamesStone Bridge
Droichead na gCloch
A nineteenth-century spade mill and a spring beside the Presbyterian church give Stone Bridge specific local landmarks.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Droichead na gCloch · Irish · main form
- Stone Bridge · English · main form
Place & story
The Latgallan spade mill
A spade mill operated at Stonebridge in Latgallan townland in 1834. Jonathan Bell and Mervyn Watson’s study of Monaghan farming records that it carried out the heavy plating work, with finishing done at a nearby forge. Samuel Benson owned the mill during the 1830s and 1840s; the McMahon spade makers acquired it in the early twentieth century. [2]
The spring beside the church
The county’s holy-wells survey records a spring beneath a tree at Stonebridge Presbyterian Church. Masonry surrounds the small water source, which has a limestone slab above it and a stone-lined stream beside it. The survey states that no direct religious significance is known: its inclusion in the report does not establish a holy-well tradition. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Stone Bridge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Changing Farming Methods in County Monaghan, Ulster Folklife 57 (2014), pages 55–56 · Jonathan Bell and Mervyn Watson
- The Holy Wells of County Monaghan: Stonebridge Church Well, page 35 · Monaghan County Council heritage survey
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2018-12-07. How this page was prepared.