placenamesDonaghmore
Domhnach Mór
Lewis recorded different arrangements for distributing help to poor parishioners.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Domhnach Mór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Donaghmore · English · main form
Place & story
Capital, income and named beneficiaries
In 1818, Dr Ryan, rector of Donaghmore, left the interest from £200 in stock for five poor Protestants and five poor Catholics, according to Samuel Lewis. His 1837 account separately records Mrs Caldwell’s bequest of £20 annually, in the former currency, for the Protestant poor. A loan fund had also been established in 1824. These provisions distinguish investment income, an annual bequest and lending within the parish’s charitable arrangements. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wicklow
- Barony
- Talbotstown Upper
- Coordinates
- 52.98969, -6.59186
- Mapped area
- 94.75 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2685 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Donaghmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Donoughmore, Upper Talbotstown, Wicklow: 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.