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Leamore

Liath Mór

An inventory entry records a find while questioning whether the feature is artificial.

Recorded locationLeamore53.67231° N · 8.42169° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

liathgrey, grey place, grey horsemórgreat, big

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Liath Mór · Irish · main form
  • Leamore · English · main form

Place & story

Bones and an uncertain earthwork

On the northern bank of the River Suck, the monument inventory describes a stony, grass-covered mound roughly twenty-one by eighteen metres and one and a half metres high. Michael Moore’s account considers it probably natural. It nevertheless records animal bones found when the mound was disturbed in 1995, citing a National Museum file. The entry does not establish a burial, settlement or human construction date. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Roscommon
Barony
Ballymoe
Civil parish
Ballynakill
Coordinates
53.67231, -8.42169
Mapped area
1.88 km²
Logainm ID
43357 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1911 census

51People recorded
12Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Egan 9
  • Cuddy 7
  • Casey 6
  • Folliard 6
  • Coen 5
Explore the 1911 records ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Leamore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Leamore earthwork, RO034-100; uploaded 24 August 2010 · Michael Moore, National Monuments Service
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2009-01-27. How this page was prepared.