placenamesLeitrim
Liatroim
Woodford and Tynagh preserve different traces of work, education and domestic building in south-east Galway.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Liatroim · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Leitrim · English · main form
Place & story
A surviving date from the iron industry
Woodford’s ironworking history survives in an unusual object: the casting-arch lintel of its blast furnace, bearing the date 1681. Displayed outside the heritage centre on Bark Hill, it supplies the principal evidence for the industry’s starting date. The local heritage account describes furnaces fed with iron ore and charcoal, with water-powered bellows. The furnace itself has disappeared, while slag remains near its former site. [2]
Estate support for a school
At Quarryhill near Tynagh, a substantial limestone school dated 1845 records the patronage of Lord Riverston of Pallas House. Separate entrances and plaques for boys and girls preserve the division of teaching accommodation. A central pediment, round-headed windows and carefully dressed masonry distinguish the building. Later used as a parish hall, it had been replaced by a new school across the road when surveyed in 2009. [3]
A smaller building tradition
A thatched house in Tynagh represents a different scale of construction within Leitrim barony. The architectural inventory dates it to around 1800 and records a single-storey building with an attic, a low chimney and irregularly positioned windows. Its rendered walls and thatched roof retain the form of a vernacular dwelling, contrasting with the formal stonework and symmetry of the nearby school. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Leitrim. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Woodford Iron Works · Woodford Parish Development
- Tynagh Parochial Hall, former national school, NIAH30411706 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Tynagh vernacular house, NIAH30411702 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.