placenamesDromtarriff
Drom Tairbh
The parish’s coal workings prompted a canal scheme towards Youghal and a later suggestion for a railway.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Drom Tairbh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dromtarriff · English · main form
Place & story
A route for the collieries
Samuel Lewis described a plan to link the local collieries with the sea at Youghal by a canal along the Blackwater valley. In 1837 he reported that three and a half miles between the district and Mallow had actually been cut and remained visible. A railway in the same direction had also been suggested, but he explicitly recorded that no steps had been taken to carry it out. The passage distinguishes excavated canal works from an unexecuted railway proposal. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dromtarriff. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Droumtariffe, or Drumtariff: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.