placenamesOrmond Lower
Urumhain Íochtarach
A barony map and its written descriptions survive among the Petty papers.
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
- Urumhain Íochtarach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ormond Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Patrick Raggett’s mapped landscape
The British Library catalogues a survey of Lower Ormond by Patrick Raggett, dated approximately 1655–56, among the Petty papers. Written descriptions of parishes accompany a map showing townland and parish boundaries. According to the catalogue, bog is marked, while woodland and some buildings appear as pictures. The map has north-northwest at the top and a scale of 160 perches to an inch. Its combination of drawing and written records preserves a structured description of the barony. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ormond Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- AddMS72870, Petty Papers volumeXXI, Lower Ormond survey, folios70–83 · British Library
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.