placenamesDonaghmore
Domhnach Mór
Lewis’s 1837 parish account records six classes established by a curate.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Domhnach Mór · Irish · main form
- Donaghmore · English · main form
Place & story
Men and women in adult classes
Samuel Lewis recorded ten Sunday schools in Donaghmore parish in 1837, together with six adult classes established by one of its curates. The adult teaching reached 180 men and eighty women. He listed these alongside the parish’s other schools, which taught boys and girls. The account documents organised education beyond childhood across the Finn Valley parish, although it does not name the curate or locate each adult class. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Raphoe South
- Coordinates
- 54.77778, -7.71020
- Mapped area
- 187.67 km²
- Logainm ID
- 820 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Donaghmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Donaghmore, Donegal: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-08-05. How this page was prepared.