BROWSE
townland
Teamhair
genitive: Theamhrach
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Togher
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    (the) eminence

    Cnoc (119m) é seo ar theorainn na mbarúntachtaí Port Laoise Thiar agus Thoir. Tá sé léirithe ar léarscáil 1563c mar a mbuaileann ‘Feranodovlin’ (Fearann Ó nDúllaing) le ‘F[e]rano[l]avler’ (Fearann Ó Leathlobhair) (cf. par An Bhuiríos (#1424)).

    Pléann an Dr. Nollaig Ó Muraíle an logainm seo, agus cuid mhaith samplaí eile de Teamhair i logainmneacha na hÉireann, san alt leis in The Kingship and Landscape of Tara. Deir sé faoin logainm áirithe seo ‘The earliest forms are clear reflections of the name Teamhair, with evidence of a change from a diphthongal to a /uː/ sound between 1571 and 1628 such as is found in a number of other names’ (op. cit. 468).

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53.0142, -7.31714latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1549
Tiawer
Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 67
1551
Tyawer
F Leathanach: 701
1557c
Tyawer
P.R.O.L. Leathanach: 62/1
1563c
toaner
Cotton Map
1571
Tewer alias Togher
Robert George
F Leathanach: 1689
1591
Tawre?
Josias George of ...
F Alt: 5693
1594
Tagher
F Leathanach: 5905
1625
Tewer otherwise Tower
CPR Leathanach: 590
1628
Tewer otherwise Tower or Togher
CPR Leathanach: 588
1631
Togher
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 7 C I
1659
Togher
Cen. Leathanach: 497
1660c
Togh als Tower
BSD (La) Leathanach: 94
1805
Togher Wood
Cahill (La)
1838
Tooher
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA012,27
1838
Togher
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA012,27
1838
Tochar, 'a causey, a causeway'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA012,27
1838
Togher
pl:AL Leathanach: LA012,27
1838
Togher
OC:AL Leathanach: LA012,27
1838
Togher
BS:AL Leathanach: LA012,27

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