placenamesCorlough
Corlach
A sandstone church with unusual horse shelters anchors Corlough’s parish history.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Corlach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Corlough · English · main form
Place & story
A parish centred on Corlough
Corlough gave its name to a Catholic parish formed from Templeport in 1877. The parish history records a later reunion with Templeport in 2016. The church itself predates the division: Saint Patrick’s was built in 1857 during the ministry of Patrick Smith. An earlier church at Arderra had also served as a school. [2]
Saint Patrick’s Church
The parish describes Saint Patrick’s as a sandstone building. One distinctive feature is its provision for the horses of worshippers: arched stables or shelters were incorporated into one side of the church. Extensive renovations began in 2001. The church stands in the townland whose name became that of the wider parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cavan
- Barony
- Tullyhaw
- Civil parish
- Templeport
- Coordinates
- 54.11977, -7.77058 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412183 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Corlough. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History and Religious Sites · Parish of Corlough-Templeport
- St Patrick’s Church, Corlough illustration: based on a St Patrick's RC Church, Corlough by Kenneth Allen. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.