placenamesTedavnet
Tigh Damhnata
Lewis’s parish totals distinguish public provision from private fee-paying schools.
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
- Tigh Damhnata · Irish · main form · validated name
- Tedavnet · English · main form
Place & story
Different patrons across the parish
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Tydavnet account records about 1,100 children in ten public schools. Four of those schools received partial support from the rector, while Captain Woodright supported one on his own estate. A school was also attached to the Presbyterian meeting-house on the parish’s eastern edge. Four private schools taught approximately 250 further children. The figures describe provision across the civil parish, rather than enrolment in Tedavnet village alone. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tedavnet. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tydavnet: 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.