placenamesWhitechurch
An Teampall Geal
Lewis recorded a former textile enterprise alongside the parish’s schools and farming in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Teampall Geal · Irish · main form · validated name
- Whitechurch · English · main form
Place & story
Industry no longer operating
A woollen manufactory had operated at Whitechurch before Samuel Lewis’s 1837 survey, but had already been abandoned when he wrote. He attributed its closure to insufficient encouragement, without naming an owner or giving a date. The parish’s arable and pasture land formed the surrounding economy. Lewis also recorded two private schools educating about 150 children between them and a Catholic chapel within the wider Ballylooby district. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Coordinates
- 52.35239, -7.99430
- Mapped area
- 15.86 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2348 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Whitechurch. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Whitechurch, Tipperary, in 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.