placenamesBallintober South
Baile an Tobair Theas
Lewis linked local pottery production with material brought from the Shannon.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Tobair Theas · Irish · main form
- Ballintober South · English · main form
Place & story
A market supplied from beyond the town
Roscommon’s Saturday market sold coarse brown pottery made in the neighbourhood, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. The clay was carried by cart from the banks of the Shannon. Cloth, flannel and provisions were also sold there. His account identifies a specific connection between a riverbank raw material, local manufacture and the county town’s market, rather than treating all the goods offered for sale as products of the town itself. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballintober South. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Roscommon: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.