placenamesTirawley
Tír Amhlaidh
An 1837 survey describes varied working landscapes across this north Mayo barony.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Tír Amhlaidh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Tirawley · English · main form
Place & story
Land and building materials
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 accounts of Tirawley’s parishes record contrasting conditions. At Kilbelfad, beside Lough Conn, he noted limestone and granite quarries, marl and clay suitable for bricks; quarried stone had been used to build Curramore. Kilbreedy, farther north, was described as marshy and rich in bog. At Kilcummin on Killala Bay, Lewis found generally cultivated land but reported that wind-blown sand damaged coastal soils. Together these entries describe differences within the barony, rather than a single agricultural landscape. [2] [3] [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tirawley. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilbelfad: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Kilbreedy: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Kilcummin: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.