placenamesAttymass
Áth Tí an Mheasaigh
Lewis recorded a seasonal fair calendar at Bonnefinglass in the parish in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Áth Tí an Mheasaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Attymass · English · main form
Place & story
The fair calendar
Samuel Lewis recorded four fairs at Bonnefinglass in his 1837 account of Attymass: 24 May, 7 July, 15 November and 15 December. He described the parish as lying between the Moy on the south and the Ox Mountains on the east, with cultivated ground alongside substantial areas of bog and mountain. [2]
Teaching across three schools
Three hedge schools together taught about 150 boys and one hundred girls. Lewis supplied a combined attendance figure rather than a separate return for each school. His account also noted abundant freestone but comparatively scarce limestone, found only in parts of the parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Attymass. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Attymass — 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.