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An Tuaith
Surviving farm implements and an invoice preserve evidence of Thomas Anderson’s work at Toye.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Tuaith · Irish · main form · validated name
- Toy · English · main form
- Toye · English · main form
Place & story
Harrows and a working invoice
Down County Museum holds a set of three pin harrows bearing the maker’s name T Anderson, identified in its catalogue as a blacksmith at Toye near Killyleagh. The museum links them to a surviving invoice for work by Thomas Anderson in 1906–1907. [2]
The harrows came from Rathcunningham, while the invoice was donated from Rademon. The catalogue explains that implements of this type could deepen soil or cover seed, and suggests that the small pins on Anderson’s harrows suited the latter task. Together, the objects and paperwork document a local craft serving neighbouring farms. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Toy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Down on the Farm: The Down County Museum Farming Collection, Down Survey 2009, pages 78 and 100 · Down County Museum; M Lesley Simpson, editor; catalogue contributions by the volume’s authors
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.