placenamesMount Talbot
Mun Talbóid
The former Church of Ireland building and its graveyard preserve an eighteenth-century landmark.
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
- Mun Talbóid · Irish · main form · validated name
- Béal an Átha Uí Cheallaigh · Irish · main form · historical name
- Béal an Átha · Irish · main form · historical name
- Mount Talbot · English · main form
Place & story
Church and tower
Built in 1766, Mount Talbot Church has a three-bay nave and a three-stage western tower topped by a balustrade. Pointed windows contrast with the rounded entrance and the divided semicircular windows high in the tower. The architectural survey recorded it as derelict in 2003. [2]
The graveyard
Carved grave markers surround the church, with a crypt to the east and a mausoleum identified by the survey with Lady Talbot. Stone gate piers and wrought-iron gates mark the boundary. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Athlone North
- Civil parish
- Tisrara
- Coordinates
- 53.52661, -8.28653 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414415 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mount Talbot. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mount Talbot Church (Tisrara): NIAH 31819007 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- The entrance gateway to Mount Talbot House, as photographed in June 2022 illustration: based on a Ireland in Ruins: Mount Talbot House, Co. Roscommon - entrance gateway (1) by Mike Searle. 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.