Áth na Long / Annalong

I dTuarascáil Daonáirimh 1659 déantar tagairt d’Áth na Long mar ‘cheathrú’ - foroinn de bhaile fearainn Muine Darach Mór. Cosúil le beagnach gach áit sa Mhúrn, tagann an t-ainm Áth na Long ón Ghaeilge. Ciallaíonn sé seo ‘áth na long’ - tagairt do thrasnú éigin ar an abhainn in aice leis an áit a dtéann sí isteach sa chuan. Is dócha go mbaineann sé le aimsir na Lochlannach timpeall míle bliain ó shin nuair a fuair na longa fada fothain ag béal na habhann.
Léirithe agus stiúrtha ag Ceara Ní Choinn, Grianghrafadóireacht le Carl Best.
In the Census Report of 1659 Annalong is referred to as a ‘quarter’- a sub-division of a townland of Moneydarraghmore. Like practically every locality in Mourne, the name derives from the Irish 'áth na long'. This means ‘the ford of the ships’- a reference to some crossing on the river near where it enters the harbour. It probably relates to Viking times of around a thousand years ago when the longships found some shelter at the mouth of the river.
Produced and directed by Ceara Ní Choinn, Photography Carl Best.