placenamesSaint Margaret's
Teampall Mhaighréide
Lewis distinguished a still-roofed tower from the ruined buildings beside it.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teampall Mhaighréide · Irish · main form · validated name
- Saint Margaret's · English · main form
Place & story
A roofed tower and a chapel tablet
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Saint Margaret’s parish describes Dunsoghly Castle about a mile from the village. Its tower retained a roof, although the floors of the two upper storeys had fallen in. Ruins of a hall and kitchens stood alongside it. An adjoining private chapel had a carved tablet above its doorway, showing Crucifixion emblems and the date 1573. The inscription records a date on the tablet, rather than establishing when every part of the castle was built. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saint Margaret's. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- St Margaret’s, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.