placenamesDonaghpatrick
Domhnach Pádraig
University of Galway research distinguishes a leased estate in the parish from wider family holdings.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Domhnach Pádraig · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Donaghpatrick · English · main form
Place & story
A leased home and a wider estate
A branch of the O’Flaherty family leased Lisdonagh in Donaghpatrick parish from the St George family of Headford for fifty years during the middle of the nineteenth century. The University of Galway’s Landed Estates database locates the house in Lisdonagh townland. In the 1870s Martin O’Flaherty of Lisdonagh owned 2,128 acres across County Galway; that figure describes his county holding, rather than the area around the house alone. [2]
Later owners
The university’s account records Martin’s sale of his estate to Peter O’Mahony late in the nineteenth century. Lisdonagh subsequently passed to Henry Palmer, who married O’Mahony’s daughter. Their daughter Valda Palmer lived there until the 1990s. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Donaghpatrick. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- O’Flaherty (Lisdonagh), Landed Estates estate 993 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.