placenamesMoira
Maigh Rath
Moira is a civil parish in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationMoira0.00000° N · 0.00000° EInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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 Rath · Irish · main form
- Moira · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Lower, Upper Half
- Coordinates
- 0.00000, 0.00000
- Mapped area
- 30.98 km²
- Logainm ID
- 65729 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moira. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-04-02. How this page was prepared.