placenamesTuosist
Tuath Ó Siosta
Lewis described an educational building campaign supported by the Lansdowne estate and National Board.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Tuath Ó Siosta · Irish · main form · validated name
- Tuosist · English · main form
Place & story
After the private schools
By 1837 the Marquess of Lansdowne and the National Board had jointly erected schoolhouses at Carks and Cloney, according to Samuel Lewis’s Tuosist account. Before those buildings, about 120 children had been taught in three private schools. Lewis also recorded a house for the priest at Ardea, built by the marquess. His description places school construction alongside estate support for a local religious household. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Glanarought
- Coordinates
- 51.78274, -9.76264
- Mapped area
- 159.31 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1127 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tuosist. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tuosist or Kilmacalogue: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-05-06. How this page was prepared.