placenamesCorcomroe
Corca Mrua
Lewis described a turlough east of Kilfenora used for fattening cattle in summer.
Recorded locationCorcomroe52.96258° N · 9.30777° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Corca Mrua · Irish · main form
- Corcomroe · English · main form
Place & story
Ground that changed with the seasons
A large turlough east of Kilfenora supplied rich summer grazing for fattening cattle, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. After heavy winter rain, the same ground lay under deep water. His description places this seasonal use within a parish of pasture, cultivated land and bog. It records how farming made use of land whose availability changed with the water level. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Corcomroe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilfenora: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2022-01-19. How this page was prepared.