placenamesNewtowngore
An Dúcharraig
Two church buildings preserve Newtowngore’s religious history, while a parliamentary exchange records one family’s attempt to regain an evicted holding.
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 Dúcharraig · Irish · main form · validated name
- Newtowngore · English · main form
- Newtown Gore · English · main form
Place & story
Saint Patrick’s and the older church
Saint Patrick’s Church of Ireland church was built around 1850, but its graveyard preserves evidence of earlier religious use. The architectural inventory records a medieval church ruin to the north and gravestones dating from the mid-eighteenth century. The present church combines a four-bay nave with a smaller chancel, a southern porch and a northern vestry. Carved limestone details, paired lancet windows and a double bellcote distinguish the building within its stone-walled enclosure. [2]
The former Methodist church
Newtowngore’s Methodist church was built in 1893 and sold in 1970. By the architectural survey of 2003 it was being used as a parish hall. Its compact single-cell plan retains an entrance porch at one end and the former vestry at the other. Lancet windows and a pointed doorway preserve its original ecclesiastical character, while wrought-iron gates and stone piers mark the entrance. The change of use retained the building within local community life. [3]
The McCaffrey holding
On 21 May 1906, South Leitrim MP Thomas Smyth raised the case of Bridget McCaffrey, whose family had been evicted from a holding on the Upperton estate at Newtowngore in March 1883. He asked whether a proposed estate sale would take account of her claim to return. Chief Secretary James Bryce replied that the Estates Commissioners had received an application from her son Patrick and would investigate. No estate-sale proceedings had yet begun before the Commissioners. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Leitrim
- Barony
- Carrigallen
- Civil parish
- Carrigallen
- Coordinates
- 54.04769, -7.67936 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414018 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Newtowngore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Patrick’s Church, NIAH 30926004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Newtown Gore Methodist Church, NIAH 30926003 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Newtowngore Evicted Tenant, 21 May 1906 · UK Parliament, Hansard
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.