placenamesClarmallagh
Clár Maí Locha
An agricultural exhibition added to the market town’s trading calendar in 1801.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Clár Maí Locha · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Clarmallagh · English · main form
Place & story
Livestock and organised improvement
The Midland Farming Society established a cattle show at Durrow in 1801, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. He also recorded a Friday market in the market house and petty sessions on alternate Fridays. Durrow now belongs to Clarmallagh in Laois, although Lewis described its earlier Kilkenny jurisdiction. The show gives a distinct example of organised agricultural activity alongside the town’s ordinary markets, without establishing how long the event continued. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clarmallagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Durrow or Castle-Durrow: 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.