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Meelick

Míleac

A nineteenth-century survey describes a mixed landscape of bog, pasture and cultivated ground.

Recorded locationMeelick53.45411° N · 8.50644° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

leacflat stone or rock, flagstone

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

  • Míleac · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Meelick · English · main form

Place & story

The name-book landscape

The description attributed to John O’Donovan in the historic name books places Meelick at the western end of Killosolan parish. Of its approximately 244 acres, about 100 were bog; the rest supported cultivation and pasture. The same account reports houses and roads in good repair. These are observations from the nineteenth-century survey, rather than a description of the townland today. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Galway
Barony
Tiaquin
Civil parish
Killosolan
Coordinates
53.45411, -8.50644
Mapped area
0.99 km²
Logainm ID
20336 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

11People recorded
2Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Jennings 6
  • Lynskey 5
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Meelick. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Meelick: John O’Donovan name-book description, transcribed on Galway County Heritage Office · John O’Donovan; transcription presented by Roger Harrison, Galway County Heritage Office
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.