placenamesStranorlar
Srath an Urláir
Lewis’s description includes an observatory erected on the highest ground of a planted estate.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Srath an Urláir · Irish · main form
- Stranorlar · English · main form
Place & story
Looking out from the demesne
Among the residences around Stranorlar, Samuel Lewis identified Tyrcallen as the home of H. Steevens in 1837. Its demesne was extensively planted, and the proprietor had erected an observatory on its principal elevation. Lewis separately described Edenmore, the residence of J. Cochran, on the south bank of the Finn, and Drumboe Castle as Sir E. Hayes’s residence. His brief Tyrcallen notice records a particular addition to an estate landscape, without naming its instruments or describing any scientific programme. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Raphoe South
- Coordinates
- 54.80709, -7.81480
- Mapped area
- 62.94 km²
- Logainm ID
- 813 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Stranorlar. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Stranorlar: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-29. How this page was prepared.