placenamesStradbally
An Sráidbhaile
Lewis distinguished the trading calendar at Clarinbridge from fairs at Tubberbracken.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Sráidbhaile · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Stradbally · English · main form
Place & story
Different markets within the parish
In his 1837 account of Stradbally parish, Samuel Lewis recorded Tuesday markets at Clarinbridge, where wheat, oats and pigs formed the principal trade. Provision merchants’ agents bought the pigs. Four fairs followed a calendar fixed to the first Thursday after the eleventh of February, May, August and November. Tubberbracken had separate fairs in May and October, with the October event chiefly for turkeys. These were distinct trading places within the wider Galway parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Stradbally. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Stradbally, Dunkellin, Galway, 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.