Tubber, County Galway Explained

Tubber
Native Name:Irish: An Tobar
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Galway
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:WET
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:53°N -8.8833°W
Elevation M:46
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Tubber ([1] – shortened form of Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh meaning "well of the king of Sunday") is a small village located in the south of County Galway, Ireland.

Location

Tubber, County Galway, is the northern part of a loosely defined rural community that is located on the Clare/Galway border. It comes under the Catholic parish of Gort and Beagh in the Diocese of Kilmacduagh, but it is still served by St Michael's Church, Tubber.[2] Tubber, County Clare, is a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Killaloe, and is served by St Michael's Church at Tubber Cross.[3] The area as a whole roughly encompasses the townlands with a radius (52.99°N -8.8942°W) The Tubber post office is in Galway. There is a holy well of Tobereendoney (Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh) from which the community takes its name.[4]

Fiddaun Castle, a tower house between Lough Doo and Lough Aslaun built around 1574, is near to the village of Tubber.It is one of the castles that the O'Shaughnessy family owned in the area, the others being Gort Castle, Derryowen, Ballymulfaig, Newtown Castle (west of Gort), and Ardamullivan Castle.[5]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mills, David. A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 1 April 2014. 20 October 2011. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-960908-6.
  2. http://www.galwaydiocese.ie/parishes/gort-beagh Parish of Gort & Beagh
  3. http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/tubber-kilkeedy/ Tubber (Kilkeedy)
  4. Web site: Tubber/An Tobar, a community in the West of Ireland on the Clare/Galway border. Clare Roots. 2014-04-01.
  5. Web site: Castles of Ireland - Fiddaun Castle. 2014-04-01.