placenamesAmbrosetown
Baile Ambróis
Lewis recorded former bog ground divided between crops and grazing.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Baile Ambróis · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ambrosetown · English · main form
Place & story
A changed farming landscape
Ambrosetown parish contained a bog described by Samuel Lewis in 1837 as entirely exhausted. Part had been reclaimed for cultivation, while the remainder was grazed. This was one element of a parish landscape divided between tillage and pasture. His account also records a school supported by Mr Morgan of Johnstown, teaching about fifty boys and thirty girls, alongside a separate private school of about twenty children. Lewis supplies neither the area of the former bog nor the amount of Morgan’s contribution. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ambrosetown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ambrosetown, 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.