placenamesMora
Baile na Móna
Lewis recorded shared funding for a parish school in 1837.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Baile na Móna · Irish · main form · validated name
- Mora · English · main form
Place & story
Contributions towards a schoolhouse
A schoolhouse in Mora parish had been built by subscription when Samuel Lewis described it in 1837. About seventy children attended, and the rector helped support the school. Lewis separated the contributions towards the building from the rector’s assistance, without naming subscribers, giving a construction year or stating the amount raised. His account calls the parish Mora or Moorestown, distinguishing it from other places named Moorstown. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Middlethird
- Coordinates
- 52.44539, -7.78654
- Mapped area
- 14.64 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2312 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mora. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mora, 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.