placenamesHolycross
Mainistir na Croiche
Lewis distinguished active production from construction and an unused court patent.
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
- Mainistir na Croiche · Irish · main form · validated name
- Holycross · English · main form
Place & story
Production and plans in 1837
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Holycross parish in County Tipperary records a watermill grinding corn at Beakstown. In the village, an extensive distillery was being erected by Mr. Power of Cashel. The latter was a building project when he wrote, not evidence that distilling had already begun. Lewis also listed cattle fairs on 11 May and 23 September, and noted that a patent existed for manorial and baronial courts although none were held. A legal entitlement to hold courts therefore did not establish an active court in his account. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Barony
- Middlethird
- Coordinates
- 52.64050, -7.89098 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 32.9 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2180 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Holycross. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Holycross, 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.