placenamesLorrha
Lothra
A local historian’s reading of an education inquiry records contrasting arrangements for teaching.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Lothra · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lorrha · English · main form
Place & story
Schools in houses and cabins
Seamus J. King’s account of the 1825 education inquiry separates the schools listed for Lorrha from those for Dorrha. In its Lorrha section, Gerald Boate ran a free school at Curahy in a poor cabin, receiving about £2 a year from a quarter-acre of land. The Miss Clarkes also ran a free school, at Moatefield House. By contrast, John Hogan’s school at Kilnacross charged fees and occupied a barn. These details describe the inquiry’s historical school arrangements. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Ormond Lower
- Coordinates
- 53.08687, -8.10704
- Mapped area
- 67.32 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2202 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lorrha. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- A List of Schools in the Parish of Lorrha in 1825; The Lamp 2014, p.20 · Seamus J. King
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.