Civil parish

Toomour

Tuaim Fhobhair

Martin A. Timoney’s account records renewed use and care of the site below Keash mountain.

Recorded locationToomour54.04347° N · 8.43807° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

tuaim(grave-)mound, burial-place

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

Tuaim Fhobhair · Irish · main form · non-validated name
Toomour · English · main form

Place & story

Research shared at a parish gathering

Martin A. Timoney spoke at a parish Mass at Toomour on 29 June 2011, at Canon James Finan’s invitation. His published account also records the site entering county care and a local group commissioning a conservation plan from Shirley Markey and erecting an information plaque. It documents a modern gathering and practical care of the old ecclesiastical site.^[2]

Geographic information

Place type: Civil parish
County: Sligo
Barony: Corran
Coordinates: 54.04347, -8.43807
Mapped area: 43.84 km²
Logainm ID: 2149 ↗

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Toomour. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Notes on Toomour Ancient Ecclesiastical Site, Keash, Co. Sligo, Corran Herald45,2012/2013,pp24–27 · Martin A. Timoney; Ballymote Heritage Group

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.