placenamesFossy or Timahoe
An Fosadh nó Tigh Mochua
A 1978 discovery near Timahoe’s round tower survives in the museum’s burial-record series.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- An Fosadh nó Tigh Mochua · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Fossy or Timahoe · English · main form
Place & story
An undated burial discovery
In November 1978 building works at Timahoe uncovered human remains north of the church near the round tower. The burial record, drawing on reports from the Gardaí and finders, describes two articulated skeletons and additional skulls and bones. By Breandán Ó Ríordáin’s visit, the remains had been removed from the excavated area. No grave structures or associated objects were reported, and the remains were reburied. The record leaves their date undetermined. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Laois
- Barony
- Maryborough East
- Barony
- Cullenagh
- Barony
- Stradbally
- Coordinates
- 52.95865, -7.21133
- Mapped area
- 43.21 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1436 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fossy or Timahoe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 1978:024, Timahoe: NMI Burial Excavation Records · Excavations.ie, NMI Burial Excavation Records; individual author not identified
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.