Baile na hAbhann/Ballynahown

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Hierarchy

townland

Baile na hAbhann

genitive: Bhaile na hAbhann

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(Irish)

Ballynahown

(English)

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Glossary

abhainn, abha

English river

baile

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Tigh na hInse/Tinnahinch

civil parish

Cill na mBanbhán/Kilmanman

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the town of the river

Ritheann abh Abhainn an Chontae (#1419727) ar theorainn thiar an bhaile fearainn go dtiteann isteach in abh Abhainn Airgid (#125027) ar an teorainn thiar thuaidh.

Ainmneacha stairiúla:
Currach (an) Tobair “(the) wet land of (the) well” an t-ainm eile atá le sonrú san fhianaise (cf. bf Currach na dTadhg (#28401) sa pharóiste seo). Féach freisin an iontráil faoin láthair eaglasta An Carraigín (#107009), ainm seanteampaill atá suite sa bhaile fearainn seo.

Centrepoint

53.1458, -7.6375latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1630	Ballynehowne	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 6 C I Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1639	Ballynehowne	O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 181 Lámhscríbhinn Uí Dhuinn/The O'Doyne Manuscript, eag. K.W. Nicholls Áit foilsithe: Baile Átha Cliath, Bliain foilsithe: 1983, Foilsitheoir: Coimisiún Láimhscríbhinní na hÉireann
1641	Ballinehoine	O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 132 Lámhscríbhinn Uí Dhuinn/The O'Doyne Manuscript, eag. K.W. Nicholls Áit foilsithe: Baile Átha Cliath, Bliain foilsithe: 1983, Foilsitheoir: Coimisiún Láimhscríbhinní na hÉireann
1648	Ballinahown	Dunne Papers Leathanach: 126 Dunne Papers in 'Survey of Documents in Private Keeping: Third Series'. in Analecta Hibernica No. 25 (1967).
1655	Ballinahowne	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1660c	Ballinahowne & Curraghtobber	BSD (La) Leathanach: 122 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1667	Ballynahorne and Curraghtubber	ASE Leathanach: 135 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	Ballinahoan	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1819	Ballynahown "River town."	Par. Stat. Leathanach: 331 A statistical survey or, parochial survey of Ireland, (3 vols, Dublin, 1814, 1816, 1819) ii, lxvii. Údar: William Shaw Mason
1824	Balinahown	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1838	Ballynahawne	HCons PR:AL Leathanach: La036,5 HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Ballinahowe?	DS:AL Leathanach: La036,5 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1838	Ballynahown	BS:AL Leathanach: La036,5 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Ballynahown	Map 1814 (Warnesford):AL Leathanach: La036,5 Map 1814 (Warnesford):AL
1838	Ballynahawne	HCSV:AL Leathanach: La036,5 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1838	Ballynahown	CM:AL Leathanach: La036,5 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Ballynahown	CM:AL Leathanach: La036,5 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Ballynehowne	Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: La036,5 Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1838	Baile na habhann, 'riverstown'	OD:AL Leathanach: La036,5 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	Ballynahown "Compare with a similar name in the King's Co. or Westmeath." [Nóta OD]	OD:AL Leathanach: La036,5 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	Ballinahowne	DS:AL Leathanach: La036,5 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1997	ˌbalənəˈhoun	Áit. Uimhir : C894b3 Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
2005	balnəˈhoun	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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