placenamesAhamlish
Áth Iomghlaise
Lewis records Lord Palmerston’s support for three schools in the Sligo parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Áth Iomghlaise · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ahamlish · English · main form
Place & story
Three supported schools
Lord Palmerston was the principal supporter of three schools in Ahamlish in Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. Each had a house and garden. Across the three, 170 boys and more than 100 girls received instruction. The houses and gardens formed part of the provision for the supported schools, while the pupil totals describe the wider parish network. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ahamlish. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ahamplish: 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.