Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Tobar Mhic Duach
Tobermacduagh
Tubbermac Dough Local name
Description:
A holy well.
Situation:
In Kilmurvy townland
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:
Tobermacduagh is a townland.
Population and Census Information
People who lived here:
You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.
Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)
Tobermacduagh is in the civil parish of Arran.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
Aran Islands
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
Aran
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.