placenamesIghtermurragh
Íochtar Morú
Lewis’s 1837 parish account records straw-plait manufacture and watercourses running through limestone.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Íochtar Morú · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ightermurragh · English · main form
Place & story
Work beyond farming
Samuel Lewis described Ightermurragh’s cultivated land as light loam over limestone. Alongside farming, he recorded a considerable manufacture of straw plait. His 1837 account also distinguished two schools: a national school teaching sixty children and a private school teaching forty. [2]
Caverns and the Dower
Near Ballendinis, Lewis noted an extensive cavern in limestone. He also described the River Dower running underground for a considerable distance, together with other subterranean rivers. His account connects the parish’s landscape with water beneath the surface, without identifying a surveyed connection between the cavern and the Dower. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ightermurragh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ightermurragh: 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.