placenamesTaghnevan
Teach Naomháin
A linen factory and a community centre mark different chapters in Taghnevan’s history beside Lurgan.
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
- Teach Naomháin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Taghnevan · English · main form
Place & story
Linen at Taghnevan
The McCaw family began a small linen business at Taghnevan around 1830. Later, the partnership of R J McCaw and Harry Allan combined production experience with a sales operation in London. By the firm’s golden jubilee in 1954 the factory employed about 250 people. Its anniversary celebrations included workers who had joined in 1904 and remained for fifty years. [2]
A community meeting place
In 2013 Taghnevan Community Development Association described the Youth and Community Centre and St Paul’s Gaelic Football Club as important local gathering places. The association brought young people, mothers and older residents together for discussions about education and employment. Working with the club, it also consulted young people about leisure activities and developed vocational training and advice initiatives. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Armagh
- Barony
- Oneilland East
- Civil parish
- Shankill
- Coordinates
- 54.45913, -6.34986 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 56487 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Taghnevan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- McCaw, Allan & Co.: Linen and Handkerchief Manufacturers, Taghnevan, Lurgan; Review 10(1), 2013 · Douglas Mowbray
- Taghnevan, 5 July 2013 · Taghnevan Community Development Association
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.