Newport Tidy Towns

Townland Signs

A team has been set up under the direction of Eleanor de Eyto to locate and refurbish the townland signs around Newport, and to replace those that have gone missing over the years.

These signs - 81 in all - were made in 1986 by Foróige members as a tourism project, using rejected teak door panels. This wonderful restoration initiative will keep the townland names in everyday use - if you know the location of any of the original signs, please get in touch and we will pass the information on to the project team.

Eleanor writes

"Since the publication of my article entitled 'Missing Townland Signs – Operation Recovery' published in Vol. 01 December 2013 of the Burrishoole Parish Magazine, six months have passed and I am able to report significant progress. To date 18 of the 81 signs have been found and several of those have already been restored and re-erected. Below is a list of those traced.
We are very grateful to everybody who has helped with the project so far and thank them for their continuing volunteering. We hope that more of the old signs will be located and reiterate that they be photographed in their present location and in their current condition BEFORE being removed for restoration. I am making a photographic inventory of these signs for the records. Wonderful stories are being recorded at the same time.
The Men’s Shed in Newport is doing great work in making new signs to replace those that are missing and to date have made roughly 13 signs which will be erected in due course. Sister Immaculata is totally amazed and delighted to see this project getting an update. We are all understanding and appreciating more and more our native language and anybody interested is encouraged to log onto www.logainm.ie to research placenames - what a wonderful resource !"

Map Ref	Townland	Irish Name	Translation	Status
1	Carrowkeel	An Cheathrú Chaol	Narrow Quarter	On the wall adjacent Burrishoole 7 arch bridge, in good condition
2	Treenbeg	Trianbeag	Little third	Currently being restored
3	Rosclave	Ros Cléibh	Point of land of the basket	Safely up on pole
4	Shanvalleyhugh	Sheanbhaile Aodha	Hugh's Oldtown	Restored very recently
5	Derrygarve	Doire Garbh	Rough oak wood	Restored and re-erected
6	Callowbrack	An Caladh Breac	Dappled harbour	Restored and re-erected
7	Acres	Acraí Féaranna na h-Eaglaise	Churchlands	Restored and re-erected
8	Kiltarnagh	Cill Tarnacht	Tarnacht's church	Recently restored
9	Knocknatinnyweel	Cnoc na Tine Aoil	Little (lime) kiln hill	In great condition up an E.S.B. pole!
10	Carheenbreac	Coirthín Breac	Speckled rocky land	Saved from the road widening - in good condition
11	Derrada	Doire Fhada	Long derry or oak grove	Well restored
12	Derryhillagh	Doire Shaileach	wood of the sallows (willows)	Restored and re-erected
13	Inishower	Inis Odhar	Grey island and Nixon's island	Found – to be restored
14	Roslynagh Island	Ros Laighneach	Wooded promontory of the Leinstermen	There but in poor condition. To be restored
15	Milcum	Ros na mBráthar	Point of the Friars	Being restored. Great original condition
16	Teevemore	An Taobh Mór	Great (hill)side	Being restored. Great condition
17	Tawnawoggaun	Tamhnaigh an Bhogáin	Field of the bog	Restored
18	Carrow More	An Cheathrú Mhór	Great quarter	Restored. In great condition
19	Drumbrasle	Droim Breastail Thoir	Oakwood	Being restored