placenamesTemplerobin
Teampall Roibín
Lewis’s 1837 description places the parish within a wider ecclesiastical union around Cove.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Teampall Roibín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Templerobin · English · main form
Place & story
The parish in Lewis’s island account
Samuel Lewis described Templerobin as the Eastern parish of Great Island in 1837. Its extent in his account included the eastern part of Great Island, part of Foaty and all of Hawlbowling, Spike and Rocky islands. The Western parish, Clonmel, included the remaining part of Foaty. Together the two parishes formed the union of Clonmel or Cove in the diocese of Cloyne. This historical description distinguishes Templerobin from both Great Island as a whole and the larger ecclesiastical union; the island names are retained in Lewis’s spelling. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templerobin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Great Island, or Barrymore Island — 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.