Information about Tooreen

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Tooreen
Irish Form of Name:
Tuairín
Translation:
a small bleach or green field
Civil Parish:
Ballindoon
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Tooreen
Tuairín
Thooreen Local
Description:
A village.
Situation:
Situated in the townland of Drinagh.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Toor, Irish Tuar ; sometimes means (primarily) a bleach-green, or where things are spread out to dry, sometimes (secondarily) a home field where cows graze and are fed and milked. Same with the dim. Tooreen. Toors and Tooreens are often along streams.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Tooreen is in Drinagh townland.
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