placenamesTomgraney
Tuaim Gréine
Lewis recorded trading dates and regular courts in a parish connected with the Shannon navigation in 1837.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Tuaim Gréine · Irish · main form
- Tomgraney · English · main form
Place & story
Fair days and local courts
Tomgraney village held fairs on 17 March, 17 May, 2 June and 10 October in Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. Petty sessions met on alternate Fridays, while a court for the manor of Raheens sat once a fortnight. The entry records distinct forms of local administration alongside the trading calendar, without identifying a single shared courtroom. [2]
Road and water connections
Lewis placed the wider parish on the Scariff river and bay, opening into Lough Derg, and on the new road from Killaloe to Portumna. He credited the Inland Steam Navigation Company’s daily vessels between Dublin and Limerick with improving communication. His description records the parish’s connection to a broader route, rather than naming a Tomgraney landing place or a present service. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Tulla Upper
- Coordinates
- 52.92411, -8.56274
- Mapped area
- 57.36 km²
- Logainm ID
- 477 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tomgraney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tomgraney or Tomgrenei — 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.