placenamesMoyraverty
Maigh Raifeartaigh
A Victorian farmstead and a later primary school mark different stages in Moyraverty’s development near Craigavon.
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
- Maigh Raifeartaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moyraverty · English · main form
Place & story
Flatfield Hall
Flatfield Hall, on Sugar Island Road in Moyraverty, is a two-storey Victorian farmhouse with a slate roof and a large courtyard of mostly stone outbuildings. The official heritage-at-risk record says it was apparently acquired by the Craigavon Development Commission for the new city before returning to private ownership. Listed in 2006, it was still recorded as vacant and deteriorating when reviewed in 2025. [2]
School provision
Ian Wilson’s history of education in Craigavon records that Saint Brendan’s was built at Moyraverty after growing enrolment filled Saint Anthony’s at Legahory. While their new buildings were being constructed, Saint Brendan’s pupils used accommodation at Lismore Comprehensive School. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Armagh
- Barony
- Oneilland East
- Civil parish
- Seagoe
- Coordinates
- 54.43260, -6.38175 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 56459 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moyraverty. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Flatfield Hall: HB14/04/013, HARNI 14/04/002 · Department for Communities, Heritage at Risk in Northern Ireland
- Education in Craigavon, 1967–2007 · Ian Wilson, Craigavon Historical Society Review, volume 9 number 1, 2007
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.