placenamesAdare
Áth Dara
Lewis recorded a short canal bringing river navigation into the town.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Áth Dara · Irish · main form · validated name
- Adare · English · main form
Place & story
River access and estate investment
A short canal made the Maigue navigable up to Adare town, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. One quay stood at the canal’s end in the town, while another lay about a mile downstream. Lord Dunraven had paid for both. Lewis’s account distinguishes these two landing places and the canal connection, recording investment in water transport alongside the better-known estate buildings. It does not identify the cargoes handled at either quay. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Connello Upper
- Barony
- Kenry
- Barony
- Coshma
- Coordinates
- 52.55781, -8.80398
- Mapped area
- 44.73 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1496 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Adare. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Adare: 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.