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An Teampall Mór

Templemore
Big church
Templemore takes its name from An Teampall Mór — 'the big church' — referring to a large medieval church built in what is now the Town Park, confirming the input meaning across multiple authoritative sources including logainm.ie and Wikipedia. The ecclesiastical roots of the site run considerably deeper than the church itself. The ancient district was known as Tuatha Corca Teine, and local trad...

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