placenamesAhascragh
Áth Eascrach
Lewis recorded several forms of educational support beyond the town’s milling economy.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Áth Eascrach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ahascragh · English · main form
Place & story
Teaching and clothing
Lord Clonbrock supported a school for boys and girls in Ahascragh parish and supplied clothing to a few of its children, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. Sir Ross Mahon supported male and female schools, while a parochial school also operated. The clothing provision concerned some pupils of Clonbrock’s school, rather than all children in the parish. [2]
Parish-wide pupil figures
Lewis counted about 170 boys and ninety girls in these schools collectively. Five hedge schools separately taught approximately 200 boys and seventy girls. His figures cover schooling across the parish, which extended into three baronies, rather than a single school in Ahascragh town. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Clonmacnowen
- Barony
- Kilconnell
- Barony
- Killian
- Coordinates
- 53.41088, -8.30468
- Mapped area
- 71.55 km²
- Logainm ID
- 904 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ahascragh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ahascragh: 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.