placenamesOranmore
Órán Mór
Lewis measured a ruined round tower and noted traces of its internal floors.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Órán Mór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Oranmore · English · main form
Place & story
Stonework supporting timber floors
Samuel Lewis described a ruined round tower at Murrough in his 1837 account of Oranmore parish. About forty feet of its height remained, with an internal diameter of roughly ten feet and walls four feet thick. The doorway stood around six feet above the ground. Inside, he noticed stone courses that appeared to have supported wooden floors. These are measurements and observations recorded in 1837, rather than a survey of the tower’s present condition. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Oranmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Oranmore: 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.