placenamesChurchtown
Baile an Teampaill
Mount Corbitt preserves a late eighteenth-century country-house layout in Mountcorbitt townland.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Baile an Teampaill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Churchtown · English · main form
Place & story
House and entrance
Mount Corbitt dates from about 1780. Its principal block has two storeys over a basement, with an attic above. Limestone steps narrow towards the central entrance, where a fanlight and sidelights frame the doorway. The entrance gives a formal centre to the otherwise restrained facade. [2]
Courtyard and grounds
West of the house is a courtyard of outbuildings, forming part of a planned stable complex. Curving entrance walls combine sandstone and limestone and end at square piers. Together, house, service buildings and approach preserve the arrangement of a country estate within the wider Churchtown district. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Churchtown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mount Corbitt, NIAH 20901616 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.