placenamesTemplemore
An Teampall Mór
The Derry parish was the subject of the one memoir volume published while the original survey compilation was under way.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Teampall Mór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Templemore · English · main form
Place & story
A parish recorded in print
Templemore parish, including Derry on the western side of the River Foyle, received an unusually substantial Ordnance Survey memoir. Published in 1837, it ran to more than 350 pages and was compiled under the general direction of Colonel Thomas Colby. The Ulster Historical Foundation identifies it as the only volume issued while the original memoir compilation was still in progress. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templemore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Templemore Ordnance Survey Memoir · Ulster Historical Foundation
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-07-19. How this page was prepared.