placenamesShelmaliere West
Síol Maoluír Thiar
A local association supported women’s flax and wool work across three parishes.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Síol Maoluír Thiar · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Shelmaliere West · English · main form
Place & story
Clothing and wages from domestic work
Taghmon’s Female Spinning Association was established in 1826 under a committee of women, according to Samuel Lewis. It employed poor women in Taghmon and the adjoining parishes of Coolstuff and Horetown, providing wages and clothing through domestic flax and wool manufacture. Lewis reported that at least 210 pieces of linen and woollen cloth, each 50 yards long, were made for the association in 1832. That output belonged to the association as a whole, rather than to each participating parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Shelmaliere West. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Taghmon: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.