placenamesTawnagh
An Tamhnach
Lewis recorded a local patron observance on 17 March.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Tamhnach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Tawnagh · English · main form
Place & story
The well and older landmarks
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Taunagh records a patron gathering at Patrick’s well on 17 March. He also noted the remains of an old church with an adjoining burial ground and the tree-surrounded ruins of Bahy Castle near the mail-coach road. These references preserve particular landmarks and an annual observance in the parish’s nineteenth-century landscape. The well’s dedication and gathering do not, by themselves, establish a visit by Saint Patrick or a founding date for the custom. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tawnagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Taunagh: 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.