placenamesTermonbarry
Tearmann Bearaigh
Lewis’s 1837 account links the Roscommon parish with the adjacent Royal Canal terminus on the Longford side.
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
- Tearmann Bearaigh · Irish · main form
- Termonbarry · English · main form
- Tarmonbarry · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Different banks, connected places
Samuel Lewis distinguished the little village and parish of Tarmonbarry on the Roscommon bank from Richmond Harbour and the growing settlement on the Leinster side. Richmond Harbour had the Canal Company’s docks, basins and warehouses at the Royal Canal’s western terminus. Their proximity helped the Tarmonbarry name circulate more widely than the village itself. [2]
A way past the rapids
Lewis recorded rapids near the bridge and a navigation route around Cloondragh Island, with a short canal connecting back to the Shannon. He described regular water communication between nearby Richmond Harbour and Dublin, with four merchant boats departing each week on fixed days. These were the trading arrangements recorded in 1837. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Ballintober North
- Coordinates
- 53.77155, -7.94087
- Mapped area
- 37.64 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2099 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Termonbarry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tarmonbarry — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.