placenamesTempletown
Baile an Teampaill
Lewis described a corridor joining buildings from different periods.
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
- Baile an Teampaill · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Templetown · English · main form
Place & story
A connected church complex
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Templetown’s newer church as connected by a corridor to the surviving tower of an older church associated with the Knights Templars. He noted that the newer building’s early English style followed the older structure. His description records an architectural relationship between separate parts of the complex: the tower was a remnant of the earlier church, while the corridor linked it to the later building. The account does not give the later church’s construction year. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templetown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Templetown: 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.