placenamesSaint Mary's
Lewis recorded a land endowment benefiting the poor of both Athlone parishes.
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
- Saint Mary's · English · main form
Place & story
William Handcock’s land endowment
William Handcock gave land by a deed of 1705 to support poor people in both Saint Mary’s and Saint Peter’s parishes. Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that it produced £46 2s. 3d. in yearly rent. Handcock’s representatives distributed the income on recommendations from the ministers and churchwardens of the two parishes. [2]
A school and a dispensary
Lewis separately recorded a parochial school for boys and girls, a Sunday school and a dispensary in Saint Mary’s. His combined Athlone school totals cover several institutions across the town, rather than this eastern parish alone. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saint Mary's. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Description of Athlone: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.