placenamesCarrigatogher
Carraig an Tóchair
Carrigatogher has a history documented through road-scheme excavations and the recollections of local Volunteer Martin Grace.
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
- Carraig an Tóchair · Irish · main form · validated name
- Carrigatogher · English · main form
- Carrigatoher · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A landscape uncovered
Excavations for the Nenagh–Limerick road in 2006 revealed several periods of activity in Carrigatogher (Harding). A small cremation cemetery contained four pits with burnt human bone. Elsewhere, archaeologists found structures built with posts, hearths and prehistoric pottery. A large spread of burnt stone covered a trough and hearth, while another working surface incorporated drainage and yielded a stone spindle-whorl. [2]
Martin Grace’s recollections
Martin Grace, later quartermaster of the 3rd Battalion, No. 1 Tipperary Brigade, recalled being born on a Carrigatogher farm on 12 July 1891. He attended the local national school and the Christian Brothers in Nenagh before returning to farm work. His Bureau of Military History statement identifies two other Carrigatogher men, William Gleeson and Patrick McDonnell, among the first officers of the Ballywilliam Volunteer company formed in 1917. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Civil parish
- Burgesbeg
- Coordinates
- 52.83491, -8.35987 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 67181 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Carrigatogher. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2007:1612 — Carrigatogher (Harding), licence E002474 · Liam Hackett, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
- Witness statement of Martin Grace, Carrigatogher · Martin Grace; Bureau of Military History
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.