placenamesAghamore
Achadh Mór
Estate records trace the different fortunes of two holdings in Aghamore parish during the nineteenth century.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Achadh Mór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Aghamore · English · main form
Place & story
Two forms of ownership
The Tyrrell estate included two holdings in Aghamore parish: 882 acres at Annagh, owned outright, and 419 acres at Liscat, leased from Viscount Dillon. Both were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates’ Court on 27 November 1857. These figures describe the estate holdings recorded at the time, rather than the modern boundaries of the townlands. [2]
What remained at Annagh
Liscat was sold, while the family retained Annagh. The University of Galway’s estate history records the Tyrrells as owning 881 acres in County Mayo in 1876. It dates the sale of the remaining Curran-Tyrell estate to the Congested Districts’ Board to 19 February 1902. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aghamore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tyrrell estate · University of Galway, Landed Estates Database
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.