placenamesTemplemichael
Teampall Mhichíl
The Camlin parish connects farmland and limestone quarries with a surviving rectory and networks of school patronage.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teampall Mhichíl · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Templemichael · English · main form
Place & story
A parish around the Camlin town
Templemichael included Longford town within a parish lying chiefly in Ardagh barony and partly in Longford barony. Lewis’s 1837 description placed it on the Camlin and the Dublin–Sligo road. Cultivated land predominated, alongside substantial bog and limestone quarries. He identified Clonbalt as the Earl of Belmore’s property and Carrickglass as Thomas Lefroy’s residence. These country houses and working lands formed the surrounding landscape of the growing town. [2]
The rectory at Templemichael Glebe
The former rectory on Ballinalee Road was rebuilt around 1840 and may incorporate parts of an earlier house dating to 1760. Its limestone front has five bays and two storeys, with a central doorway framed by carved stone, scrolled brackets and a pediment. A petal-pattern fanlight sits above the door. Church ruins stand nearby, preserving another element of the glebe’s ecclesiastical setting. [3]
School patrons and medical care
Lewis recorded several forms of educational support across Templemichael. The Countess of Longford patronised the parochial girls’ school, Miss Lefroy supported a school at Carrickglass, and an Erasmus Smith foundation operated in Longford. National schools stood at Longford and Cooleney, while subscriptions aided other classrooms. The county infirmary near town had twenty-eight beds and also supplied advice and medicine to outpatients, extending its work beyond those admitted to the wards. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templemichael. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Templemichael, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837 · Samuel Lewis
- Templemichael former rectory, registration 13008015 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.