placenamesIdrone East
Uí Dhróna Thoir
Lewis recorded how a schoolhouse was financed as well as how many children it taught.
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
- Uí Dhróna Thoir · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Idrone East · English · main form
Place & story
Local contributions and a National Board grant
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Borris account records a school teaching 150 boys and ninety girls. Its schoolhouse was built and fitted out with local contributions of £274 5s. 6d. and a National Board grant of £97 5s. 6d. The two figures distinguish money raised locally from external assistance. This was a specific school in the Idrone East village, rather than a pupil total or building fund for the whole barony. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Idrone East. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Borris: 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.