BROWSE
townland
Tobar Féilim
genitive: Thobar Féilim
(Irish)
Toberfelim
(English)

Glossary

English well

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.7769, -7.45604latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1629
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Cotton Map
1631
Mullaghclare [? fch. 1951 thíos]
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 6 Car.1
1655
Mullaghclaragh [?]
DS
1659
Kilbreed-mullaclare [?]
Cen.
c.1660
Mullaclarragh [?]
BSD Leathanach: 157
1673
Mullaghclara alias Mulla-Claragh [?]
ASE Leathanach: 232
1813
Tupperphelim
Edgeworth
1836
Tubberphelim
BS:AL
1836
Tobar Féidhlim, “Felim’s well”
OD:AL
1836
We have adopted F into Felim from the beginning. In this town of Granard it is Englished or rather Latinized Felix
Nóta:AL
1836
...a well called “Tubberphelim” is in the southern border and gives name to the townland.
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
[iontráil den mhionainm Mullaghclare – ráite go soiléir gur “a small cluster of houses” atá ann agus go bhfuil seo sa “Townland of Abbeylara”
Nóta
1836
[Abbeylara townland] Contains...a small cluster of houses called Mullaghclair... [?]
Desc. Rem.:AL Nóta: [bf. Abbeylara]
1836
Tubberphelim
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Tubberphelim
Greville Maps:AL
1908
Tupperfelim, Tobar Féidhlim, “Felim’s well”.. “This well has given its name to a townland in the parish of Abbeylara”
MacGivney Leathanach: 214
1951
“The old baile of Mullagh-Claragh formed part of the estate of Abbey of Leath Ratha, and Felim’s Well lay within it.”
JACAS Imleabhar: II (12), Leathanach: 86, Nóta: 'Holy Wells'
2007
tobərˈfeːlɪm
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