placenamesMarshalstown
Baile an Mharascalaigh
Lewis’s 1837 account records seasonal schooling near Mitchelstown in County Cork.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Mharascalaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Marshalstown · English · main form
Place & story
Teaching during the summer
Samuel Lewis recorded about one hundred children attending two private schools in Marshalstown parish during the summer. His wording makes the season part of the evidence: it does not establish year-round attendance. The Catholic chapel at Marshalstown belonged to the Mitchelstown district, while the parish also included part of the Earl of Kingston’s demesne. [2]
Limestone for the land
The parish lay on the Mitchelstown–Kildorrery road. Lewis described abundant limestone burnt for agricultural use, a large area of bog and farming that was improving slowly. His entry also noted ruins locally called James’s churches, without explaining that name or identifying their founders. These are features of the parish as described in 1837. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Coordinates
- 52.28040, -8.34282
- Mapped area
- 29.47 km²
- Logainm ID
- 656 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Marshalstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Marshalstown, Cork — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-10-02. How this page was prepared.