placenamesTempleroan
Teampall Ruáin
Lewis recorded milling capacity and the spread of a farming practice.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teampall Ruáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Templeroan · English · main form
Place & story
River power and field work
A large flour mill belonging to R. Welstead drew its power from the Awbeg, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Templeroan. He estimated that it could produce about 12,000 barrels of flour annually: a statement of capacity, rather than a measured year’s output. In the surrounding parish, he reported that landowners had adopted the drill system of cultivation and that smaller farmers were gradually following their example. His account links water-powered processing with changes he observed in farming practice. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templeroan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Templeroan: 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.