Information about Tobermacduagh

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Tobermacduagh
Irish Form of Name:
Tobar Mhic Duach
Translation:
St.Mac Duagh's well
Civil Parish:
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.
  • The Tithe Applotment Books
  • Griffith's Valuation
  • 1901 Census
  • 1911 Census
List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants of this townland.
Church records of births, deaths and marriages:
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.