placenamesKnocktopher
Cnoc an Tóchair
Lewis recorded an educational allocation whose intended use had not been secured.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cnoc an Tóchair · Irish · main form · validated name
- Knocktopher · English · main form
Place & story
An allocation and its reported condition
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Knocktopher account records twelve acres allocated under an enclosure act concerning the commons to found a parochial school. He reported that the intended appropriation had been neglected and that local people had taken possession of the ground. Meanwhile, two public schools taught about 150 children, one supported by the rector and the other by Miss Langrishe. The land allocation therefore cannot be treated as proof that its proposed school was established. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Knocktopher. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Knocktopher: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.