placenamesOrrery and Kilmore
Orbhraí agus An Choill Mhór
Lewis linked a former school near Charleville with the Reverend J. R. Cotter and the Basso Hibernico.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Orbhraí agus An Choill Mhór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Orrery and Kilmore · English · main form
Place & story
A former school and a bass instrument
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Charleville account identifies the Reverend J. R. Cotter as the occupant of a former charter school for female foundlings near the town. The school had closed and its buildings served as his home. Lewis credited Cotter with inventing the Basso Hibernico, a bass wind instrument that received George IV’s patronage and entered his band. The notice connects a reused local building with musical invention. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Orrery and Kilmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Charleville: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.