placenamesTehallan
Tigh Thaláin
Lewis records how a bequest divided support between a schoolhouse and its teacher.
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 Thaláin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Tehallan · English · main form
- Tyholland · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Building money and continuing income
The late Dr Maxwell of Falkland left £500 to support Tehallan’s parish school, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. Of that sum, £150 was allocated to building a schoolhouse; interest on the remainder was intended for the master and related purposes. The incumbent also helped the school. Lewis counted about 340 pupils across this school and three others, with about twenty more in a separate private school. [2]
Linen made at home
Lewis recorded linen manufacture in private dwellings in the parish. Alongside limestone quarries supplying building and other uses, this places household manufacturing within a largely cultivated rural district. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tehallan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tyhallon or Teholland: 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.