Place name of Termon Magrath

Place name of Termon Magrath

Lough Derg--Vicinity--Place names--Termon Magrath

An account of the place name origin for Termon Magrath and the River Termon

P. W. Joyce, 1827-1914

The origin and history of Irish names of places.
(Second series), p. 210

McGlashan and Gill, Dublin

1875

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Handbook

English

Place name guide

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"The warden or lay superintendent of church land was termed the erenagh (Irish aircheannach); and this office was commonly held by members of the same family for generations. In some places the termons have preserved the family names of the erenaghs instead of those of the patron saints. The church of St. Dabeog or Daveog, one of the very early Irish saints, was situated in an island in Lough Derg in Donegal; but the termon lands belonging to the church lay on the mainland, near the village of Pettigo. The hereditary wardens of this termon were the Magraths; and accordingly the place is called in the Four Masters, sometimes Termon Daveog, and sometimes Termon Magrath. The latter is the name now used, though it is usually shortened to Termon; the ruins of Termon castle, the ancient residence of the Magraths, are still standing; and the sanctuary has given name to the little river Termon, flowing through Pettigo into Lough Erne."

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