placenamesClondermot
Clann Diarmada
A source near Prehen supplied the city through pipes laid over its bridge.
Recorded locationClondermot54.98788° N · 7.30006° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
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
- Clann Diarmada · Irish · main form
- Clondermot · English · main form
- Glendermot · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Water from the eastern bank
Samuel Lewis recorded Derry’s water supply coming from an elevated place near Prehen in his 1837 account of Clondermot parish. Cast-iron pipes carried it over the Foyle bridge into the city. This arrangement connected a source on the eastern side of the river with households across the crossing. The same parish account identified bridges over the Faughan near Enagh, on the Coleraine road and at Drumahoe. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clondermot. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Glendermot, or Clondermot: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.