BROWSE
townland
Baile an Bhoigigh
genitive: Bhaile an Bhoigigh
(Irish)
Ballybuggy
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of An Boigeach?
    An Boigeach — gaelú ar shloinne gallda?

    g-caol na Gaeilge le sonrú go soiléir ar chuid den fhianaise, m.sh. 1838 ‘Baile buige’, 1905 ‘Ballabwiggia’.

    Measaimid gur dóichí foirm ghaelaithe de shloinne iasachta anseo ná foirm mhalartach de shloinne Gaelach * Ó Bogaigh (cf. 1905 ‘probably … O’Buggy’s Town’). Cuir i gcás Bugg(s) < bugg(e) “hobgoblin, scarecrow” an Mheán-Bhéarla, Buggi na Sean-Ioruaise (féach Reaney, Dictionary of British Surnames s.nn. Budgey, Bugg).

    Maidir le moladh an Donnabhánaigh, ní féidir fréamhaí éigin den aidiacht bog “soft” a chur as an áireamh (cf. bbf Baile an Bhogaigh in Ao, Ci). Ach féach nach ann do leithéid *boigeach in aon áit eile. Thairis sin, tá an chuma air go bhfuil an talamh sa chuid is mó den bhaile fearainn seo i bhfad níos fearr ná, mar shampla, an drochthalamh a thug ainm do bf Croithleach “shaking place, quaking bog” (#28092), atá teorantach lastoir (‘Peaty Gleys’, www.epa.ie).

    Cuireann an Fardal Seandálaíochta síos ar an ‘Settlement – deserted’ anseo (www.archaeology.ie; cf. History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory II 342).

Centrepoint

52.8382, -7.59863latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1613
Ballivoggy
Inq. Lag. Alt: 3 J I
1655
Ballybriggie
DS
1655
Ballybughie
DS (P)
1655
Ballybuggy, Ballibuggy
DS (Terr.)
1659
Bally buggy
Cen. Leathanach: 494
1660c
Ballybuggy
BSD (La) Leathanach: 140
1667
Ballybugge
ASE Leathanach: 110
1669
Ballybuggy
ASE Leathanach: 214
1685
Ballibuggy
Hib. Del.
1805
Ballybuggy
Cahill (La)
1838
Ballybugga
BS:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballybreggy
HCSV:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballybuggy
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballybugga
Lalor, J.:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Baile buige, 'soft town'
OD:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballybuggy
OD:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
[Ballybuggy]
"It contains…an old church and graveyard, a Danish fort…"
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballybuggy
Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballivoggy
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballibuggy
DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballybughie
DS Map:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Baile buige
pl:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballybuggia
Young, Rev.:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballybugga
Drought, Cllr:AL Leathanach: La051,11
1838
Ballybuige
LSO (La) Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 90
1905
Ballybuggy. This name is locally pronounced Ballabuggia, Ballabiggia and Ballabwiggia. It probably means O'Buggy's Town.
Carrigan Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 341

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