placenamesSolloghodbeg
Sulchóid Bheag
Lewis connected the parish’s tenancy arrangements with an economy favouring dairying.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Sulchóid Bheag · Irish · main form · validated name
- Solloghodbeg · English · main form
- Soloheadbeg · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Landholding and farm work
Trustees of Erasmus Smith’s charities owned a considerable part of Solloghodbeg parish in 1837, according to Samuel Lewis. Much of that land was occupied by cottier subtenants. Lewis described loam and wet clay needing drainage, with plentiful limestone especially around Solloghodbeg hill. Dairy farming received more attention than tillage because it was considered more profitable. His account records charitable landownership alongside farming and subtenancy, without establishing that every farm belonged to the trustees or that the charity operated a school within the parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Coordinates
- 52.52121, -8.16907
- Mapped area
- 8.8 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2331 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Solloghodbeg. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Solloghodbeg, 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.