placenamesToomore
Tuaim Mhór
Lewis recorded two different uses of the parish’s mineral resources in 1837.
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
- Tuaim Mhór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Toomore · English · main form
Place & story
Ironworking limited by fuel
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Toomore, written as Towmore or Tuymore, records former ironworks abandoned when their fuel supply failed. He does not identify the fuel, the operators or the closure date. [2]
Stone used above the walls
Lewis also recorded flagstone quarries supplying material for house roofs. That stated use distinguishes the stone from an unspecified supply of ordinary walling material. His parish description places the works within the Moy valley and its surrounding mountainous ground, without mapping individual quarry faces or giving an annual output. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Toomore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Towmore or Tuymore: 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.