placenamesInistioge
Inis Tíog
Lewis distinguished weekly charitable support from a permanent endowment.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Inis Tíog · Irish · main form · validated name
- Inistioge · English · main form
Place & story
Support for housing and winter fuel
Sarah Tighe built an almshouse at Inistioge in 1788 for eight aged widows, according to Samuel Lewis. His 1837 account says that Mr. Tighe provided them with a weekly allowance, while explicitly noting that the institution lacked a permanent endowment. Lewis also recorded a society through which poor households saved weekly towards coal. The society added a penny a week to each deposit, and the accumulated value was supplied in coal at the year’s end. These arrangements combined direct support with small regular savings. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inistioge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Inistioge — 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.