placenamesRobertstown
Baile Riobaird
Lewis’s 1837 account describes cultivated higher ground and low pasture exposed to the river.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Baile Riobaird · Irish · main form · validated name
- Robertstown · English · main form
Place & story
The low ground at Ahenish
Samuel Lewis described Ahenish, a flat part of Robertstown parish, as frequently inundated by the Shannon. He distinguished well-cultivated higher ground from lower land providing rich pasture. This is a record of the landscape as described in 1837, rather than a present-day assessment of flooding or land use. [2]
Cultivation by hand
Across the parish, Lewis recorded large areas cultivated with the spade and women carrying manure to the fields on their shoulders. His account preserves details of agricultural labour alongside its descriptions of crops and pasture. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Robertstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Robertstown or Castle-Robert: 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.