placenamesCumber Lower
An Comar Íochtarach
Lewis’s parish account records support for education and a stone-built underground structure at Listress.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Comar Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Cumber Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Who supported the schools
Samuel Lewis recorded boys’ and girls’ parochial schools at Aughill in Lower Cumber, supported by the rector, in 1837. He also named schools at Ervey, Tamnamore and Ballinamore. The Grocers’ Company had built and maintained the Ervey school; his wording does not assign that support to all three establishments. [2]
A structure beneath Listress
At Listress, Lewis described an artificial underground structure containing five chambers. Field stones formed its walls, broad flagstones covered it, and earth lay above. This is a nineteenth-century description of the remains, without a verified construction date, purpose or claim about present access. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cumber Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cumber, Lower: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-07-19. How this page was prepared.