placenamesTomhaggard
Teach Moshagard
Lewis recorded a dated local observance and agricultural work around the Wexford parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teach Moshagard · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Tomhaggard · English · main form
Place & story
A patron and its eve
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Tomhaggard parish in County Wexford describes a holy well dedicated to Saint Anne near the Catholic chapel. A patron was held on 26 July. On the preceding evening, relatives decorated the graves of deceased family members with flowers. This is an attested nineteenth-century observance; the account does not establish its origins or whether it continues today. [2]
Improving the land
Lewis recorded seaweed being brought up Tacumshane Lake for use as manure. He also credited the late James Harvey of Bargy Castle with encouraging agricultural improvements by paying premiums from his own resources over several years. The account does not name individual recipients or specify the value of those awards. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tomhaggard. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tomhaggard, 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.