placenamesNewtownlennan
Baile Nua an Loinneáin
Lewis’s account separates successful stone working from an abandoned search for coal.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Nua an Loinneáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Newtownlennan · English · main form
Place & story
Stone working and road material
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Newtown-Lennan parish in County Tipperary describes abundant limestone being burned to supply the surrounding country. Slate quarries in the northeastern part of the parish were also operating. Waste from both industries went into making and repairing roads. The hills separating the parish’s Slievardagh portion from the remainder were cultivated almost to their tree-planted summits. [2]
An interrupted search for coal
Attempts to obtain coal had met a different outcome. Lewis reported water entering the shafts, hindering the work, which was subsequently discontinued following the death of the proprietor, Edmond Power. He supplied no production figures or date of abandonment. This was an attempted extractive venture, distinct from the active slate workings and limestone burning described elsewhere in the same account. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa East
- Barony
- Slievardagh
- Coordinates
- 52.39393, -7.41238
- Mapped area
- 21.39 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2318 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Newtownlennan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Newtown-Lennan, 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.