placenamesTempleboy
Teampall Baoith
Lewis’s coastal account links a cavern near Aughris with small fishing boats crossing from Donegal.
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
- Teampall Baoith · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Templeboy · English · main form
Place & story
Coast-guard work on the shore
On Templeboy’s rocky coast, Samuel Lewis described a cavern called Khoran-dhun and a small landing-place made nearby by the coast-guard. His 1837 account said that it enabled small fishing boats from the Donegal coast to land. He separately recorded a coast-guard station at Pullendiva, one of five in the Sligo district. These details connect the parish shore with local maritime infrastructure and fishing traffic across the bay. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templeboy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Templeboy: 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.