Information about Loughnasoomary

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Loughnasoomary
Irish Form of Name:
Loch Sughmairidhe
Translation:
lake of the leeches
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Loughnasoomary
Loch Sughmairidhe
Loch na Sughmairidhe
Lough na Soomurree Local
Description:
A lake.
Situation:
Situated common to the townands of Murvy and of Slieve Bourke and is Eastward of Lough-na-boo-la ard.

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:
Loughnasoomary is in Slieve Burke townland.