Muckanaghederdauhaulia () is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin in County Galway, Ireland. It is in the poor law union of Oughterard in the Barony of Moycullen.
Name and location
It was formerly regarded as the longest place name (in English) in Ireland (22 letters), but awareness of longer names has challenged Muckanaghederdauhaulia. There was a hamlet within the townland which had the same name in Irish (Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile), but a shorter English name, Mucknasalia. The 1911 census enumerator spelled it Muckenaghedderdahaulia (23 letters) though the published report uses the 22-letter spelling.
The townland lies on a low, boggy peninsula in Camus Bay and can be reached by turning west from the R336 road at Cinn Mhara, or by going northwest on the R374 road out of Casla, then turning onto Bóthar na Scratóg and going north.
Population
The population recorded in those census reports which provided figures at townland level were as follows: Census year 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 Population 103 81 79 80 111 85 101 111
In popular culture The area is mentioned in Georges Perec's novel Life: A User's Manual: "In between, there had been the little harbour of Muckanaghederdauhaulia, not far from Costelloe, in Ireland’s Camus Bay...".
The townland is home to the Sean nós singer Micheál Ó Confhaola, three-time winner of the Corn Uí Riada.
See also
List of longest placenames in Ireland
References