placenamesArdcolm
Ard Cholaim
Lewis distinguished the building’s capacity from the schoolmaster’s annual support.
The name
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
- Ard Cholaim · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ardcolm · English · main form
Place & story
A building and a continuing payment
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Ardcolm account, under the spelling Ardcolme, credits the Reverend J. W. Stokes with establishing the parochial school and paying for its recently erected schoolhouse. Stokes also paid the master £20 a year. Lewis said the building could accommodate fifty to sixty children: a statement of capacity, rather than a counted attendance. His account does not give the opening date or the schoolhouse’s construction cost. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Shelmaliere East
- Coordinates
- 52.38365, -6.42451
- Mapped area
- 18.79 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2517 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardcolm. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardcolme: 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.