placenamesBallintober North
Baile an Tobair Thuaidh
Lewis linked Kilmore parish with a local fair and neighbouring market towns across the Shannon.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Tobair Thuaidh · Irish · main form
- Ballintober North · English · main form
Place & story
Danyan and the river crossings
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Kilmore account records a fair at Danyan on 25 May, particularly noted for milch cows. Drumsna and Jamestown were the parish’s chief markets, reached by bridges over the Shannon. This places the local cattle fair within a wider trading geography rather than making it the district’s only market. Kilmore belongs to Ballintober North, although Lewis used the broader historical barony name Ballintobber. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballintober North. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmore (Roscommon): A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-03-26. How this page was prepared.