Taghmon
| Taghmon Irish: Teach Munna | |
| County Wexford | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S918199 |
| Location: | 52°19’23"N, 6°39’14"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 585 (2016) |
| Postcode: | Y35 |
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| Dáil constituency: |
Wexford |
Taghmon is a village in County Wexford, on the R738 regional road, nine miles west of Wexford town and sixteen miles east of New Ross.
The name is from the Irish language; Teach Munna meaning 'House of Munn'.[1]
History
It can be established, from historical records, that the area now comprising the village of Taghmon has been inhabited since at least as early as 595 AD. St Fintan Munnu was granted land there in circa 597 by a chieftain, Dímma mac Áeda Croin who later became a cleric and was buried among the monks at the monastery.[2] His followers, were residing in the area then known as 'Achadh Liathdrom', which translates as 'the grey field on (or near) the ridge of a hill'.
Geography
Many Irish place names are topographically descriptive, and 'Achadh Liathdrom' is no exception. From the western side of the Forth Mountain, as it slopes down towards Ballintlea, a succession of gradual hills and valleys undulate their way across this part of County Wexford towards Camross, Bree and Carrigbyrne Hills. It is on one of these hills or ridges that the village of Taghmon is situated.
Sport
- Gaelic Athletics: Tagmon Camross GAA, founded in 1886
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Teach Munna / Taghmon: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ Charles-Edwards, T.M. Early Christian Ireland page 117. Cambridge University Press, 8 January 2001.