Baile Uí Ghamhdáin Beag/Ballygowdan

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Hierarchy

townland

Baile Uí Ghamhdáin Beag

genitive: Bhaile Uí Ghamhdáin Beag

(Irish)

Ballygowdan

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

beag, big

English small

Ó, Uí

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Clár Maí Locha/Clarmallagh

civil parish

Achadh Bhó/Aghaboe

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the town of Ó Gamhdáin
Ó Gamhdáin (< Ó Gamhnáin) — sloinne?

Is cosúil ar an bhfianaise is luaithe, 1303–6 ‘Balygeuenan’, gur Baile Uí Ghamhnáin “the town of Ó Gamhnáin” an bhunfhoirm den logainm seo. Cf. tagairtí sna Fiants do dhaoine dar sloinne ‘O Gownan’ i measc lucht na mBranach i gContae Chill Mhantáin.

1805 an chéad tagairt don ainm Béarla Cuffsborough.

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52.8908, -7.50735latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1303–6	Balygeuenan	Cal. Lib. Rub. Uimhir calendar: 19, Foroinn: k 'Calendar of the Liber Ruber of the Diocese of Ossory', PRIA 27 C (Lawlor, 1098)
1601	Ballegandan Owny ny Costegan	F Leathanach: 6551 Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1613	Balligawdan	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 J I Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1655	Ballygoudanbeg	DS Par. (Reeves) Down Survey Parish Maps ó bhailiúchán Reeves (The Reeves Collection)
1659	Ballygaudan Begg	Cen. Leathanach: 491 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660c	Ballygandanbegg	BSD (La) Leathanach: 136 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1666	Ballygandanbegge	ASE Leathanach: 69 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Ballidangan beg	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1805	Ballygowdan	Cahill (La) Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois le Denis Cahill TCD 16H18(1-4)
1838	Ballyboden	Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La004,42 High or Barony Constable's Book (List) ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-1840
1838	Ballygoudanbeg, Ballygoudanmore	Borris in Ossory Survey 1 Leathanach: La004,42 Borris in Ossory Survey 1
1838	Ballygowden	BS:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Ballygowdan	Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois, ex AL
1838	[Ballygowdan] "…a spring well called 'Bishop's Well'."	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Ballygoudanbeg, Ballygoudanmore	DS Map:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Down Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook).
1838	Balligaudenbeg, Ballygaudenmore	DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: La004,42 DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1838	Ballyboden	HCSV:AL Leathanach: La004,42 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1838	Balligawdan	Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1838	Ballygowdan	OD:AL Leathanach: La004,42 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Ballygowden	Lalor, J.:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Lalor, J.:AL
1838y	Baile Uí Ghabhadáin, 'O'Gowdan's town'	OD:AL Leathanach: La004,42 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Ballygowden	pron.:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Pronunciation in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Ballygowden	Roe, W.:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Roe, W.:AL
1838	Ballygowden	Thacker, Rev.:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Thacker, Rev.:AL
1838	Ballygowdenmore	Vestry Bk.:AL Leathanach: La004,42 Vestry Book, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks Bliain: 1838
2004	baliˑˈgoudin	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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