People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Tobermore

Irish Form of Name:

Tobar Mór

Translation:

Civil Parish:

Ballinakill in Leitrim Barony
View all place names in this civil parish.

Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Tobermore
Tubbervore
Tubbervore Hyath. Clarke, Esq.
Tubbervore Mr. Mulloy
Tubbervore Rev. Mr. Clarke

Comment:

these are no names at all

Description:

A large spring well so called but does not representy any peculiar appearance or matter worthy of remark and the inhabitants are only aware of it being so called.

Situation:

In the South East end of the townland of Doorus about 3¼ miles S. East of Woodford and close by the S. West side of old village.

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:

Tobermore is in Doorus townland.

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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This link is not a link to the townland that you are currently researching; however, if you follow this link, you will see a search box near the top of the page which you can use to search for your townland.

Having followed this link, you will see several expandable links - each link has a plus sign on its left - on the top left of the page. Expand 'Base Information and Mapping'. Now it is possible to select the maps that you wish to view by clicking on the checkbox that is on the left of each map; this list includes the original Ordnance Survey maps.

You can select more than one map and you can use a slider to make one map more transparent than another. This allows you to view what features were present or absent at different points in time.
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Tobermore

Information from the National Monuments Service.
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You can use this link to view a map of archaelogical features.
This link brings you to a website wherein you will have to search for your townland.

Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Information from the Landed Estates Database.
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The following is a list of those houses in this townland which are discussed in the Landed Estates Database.

Killeen House (Portumna)

Information about Tobermore

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Townland Information

Information From Maps

Information From The Landed Estates Database