placenamesInishcaltra
Inis Cealtra
Lewis’s parish account records changes in the farmland and a reported discovery of medieval silver coins.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Inis Cealtra · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Inishcaltra · English · main form
Place & story
Land brought into cultivation
Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that much land in Inishcaltra had been reclaimed since 1820, while a large part of the mountain land remained under pasture. He recorded limestone and sandstone at Sallarnane and described some springs as iron-bearing. These observations concern the mainland parish, whose name came from the island in Lough Derg. [2]
A find in Wood Park bog
Lewis also recorded silver coins from King John’s reign found in Wood Park bog. He identified Waterford as their place of minting. His brief notice gives no discovery date or inventory, so it records a reported find without establishing a hoard’s size or the circumstances in which the coins were deposited. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Tulla Upper
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Coordinates
- 52.96441, -8.45091
- Mapped area
- 45.81 km²
- Logainm ID
- 426 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inishcaltra. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Inniscalthra parish: 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.