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Tallow

Tulach an Iarainn

Boyce’s almshouses and the Carnegie library preserve two different kinds of investment in the local community.

Recorded locationTallow52.08033° N · 7.99790° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

tulachhillock

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Tulach an Iarainn · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Tallow · English · main form

Place & story

Homes intended for older couples

John Boyce sponsored a terrace of six single-storey almshouses, dated 1830, on the road leaving Tallow to the southeast. The architectural inventory identifies their intended residents as older couples. Shared slate roofs, limewashed walls and windows with pointed glazing panels give the terrace its distinctive appearance. A separate, two-storey almshouse of the same date belonged to Boyce’s wider local scheme; it should not be counted as another unit within the six-house terrace. [2] [3]

The Carnegie library on Convent Street

Tallow’s free library opened in 1910, designed by George P. Sheridan on land given by the Duke of Devonshire. Andrew Carnegie sponsored it as one of five libraries in County Waterford. The compact building combines roughcast walls with red brick around its corners and windows. A lower, recessed entrance carries an inscribed stone plaque. The 2003 survey recorded its original form and substantial fabric surviving inside and out. [4]

Geographic information

Place type
Civil parish
County
Waterford
Coordinates
52.08033, -7.99790
Mapped area
20.33 km²
Logainm ID
2428 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Tallow. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Boyce almshouse terrace, NIAH22818051 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Detached Boyce almshouse, NIAH22902804 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  4. Tallow Carnegie Free Library, NIAH22818003 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.