placenamesOrmond Upper
Urumhain Uachtarach
A reopened quarry at Ballynaclough attracted Lewis’s attention in 1837.
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 Uachtarach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ormond Upper · English · main form
Place & story
A quarry with an uncertain future
Samuel Lewis recorded a recently reopened marble quarry on the Debsborough and Ballynaclough demesnes in 1837. He described red and grey stone and anticipated more extensive working, rather than documenting that expansion as complete. The quarry stood within a limestone-rich parish of arable and pasture land, which also had a small corn mill. His account links a specific stone resource with a predominantly farming landscape in Upper Ormond. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ormond Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballynaclough: 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.