Standard Name:
Moneenarinka
Irish Form of Name:
Móinín a rince
Translation:
little bog of the dancing
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Moneenarinka
Móinín a rince
Moneenarhikea
Moneenarhikea Mr. Holland
Moneenarhikea Mr. O’Callaghan
Moneenarhikea The inhabitants
Comment:
This was a place where hurling was very much practised with other amusements of unphilosophical tendency
Description:
A piece of rough boggy land along the side of Loughalanatha but no information can be obtained how it derived this name. ? Was it not called from the circumstance of young folk having been in the habit of resorting it every Sunday to dance there as its name indicates [unable to read].
Situation:
In the townland of Gorryeigher at the N. East end of Loughalanatha.