placenamesBarrymore
Barraigh Mhóra
An 1837 parish account records several industries in the southern part of the barony.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Barraigh Mhóra · Irish · main form · validated name
- Barrymore · English · main form
Place & story
Manufacture beside the Glanmire river
Samuel Lewis described Ballydeloher, more commonly called Brooklodge, as a Barrymore parish on the Cork–Tallow road. His 1837 account records extensive paper mills at Butlerstown, alongside a spade-and-shovel manufactory and a small tuck mill. He also noted cultivation beside the branch of the Glanmire river separating the parish from Caherlog. The entry places several forms of manufacture within a landscape of fields, roads and waterways, rather than presenting Barrymore solely as an agricultural district. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Barrymore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballydeloher or Ballyloohera: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Formal garden terraces at Fota House, Barrymore illustration: based on a Formal Garden behind Fota House by David Dixon. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.