placenamesMostrim
Meathas Troim
Lewis recorded an unusual combination of metal framing and Welsh slate in the parish church.
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
- Meathas Troim · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Mostrim · English · main form
Place & story
The spire in an 1837 description
Samuel Lewis described Mostrim’s Church of Ireland parish church as having an iron-framed spire covered with Welsh slate in 1837. Inside, a wall tablet commemorated Richard Lovell Edgeworth, who died in 1817. These details connect the building’s materials with a memorial to the local family. They describe the church as Lewis knew it, without establishing that every component survives unchanged today. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mostrim. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Edgeworthstown or Mostrim: 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.