Information about Turloughbeg

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Turloughbeg
Irish Form of Name:
Turlach Beag
Translation:
small turlough or dried lough
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Turloughbeg
Turlach Beag
Turloughbeg Local
Description:
A subdenomination of Turlough. A hamlet of 8 or 9 houses. Locality not known.
Situation:
In the townland of Turlough.

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:
Turloughbeg is in Turlough townland.