Baile Shopacháin/Ballyhuppahane

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Hierarchy

townland

Baile Shopacháin

genitive: Bhaile Shopacháin

(Irish)

Ballyhuppahane

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Tigh na hInse/Tinnahinch

civil parish

Ros Fhionnghlaise/Rosenallis

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the town of the wisp, wispy person?

Tá an fhianaise an-ghann.

Measaimid gur réadú é 1720 ‘hopican’, 1747 ‘huppehawn’, srl., ar cháilitheoir dar túschonsan sh- /h-/. Réiteodh an chuid is mó den fhianaise leis an ainmfhocal coitianta sopachán “shakedown; nesting material” (féach FGB agus Ó Duinnín s.v.). D’fhéadfaí ainm dílis a chur san áireamh chomh maith, tharla go dtagraíodh an t-ainmfhocal coitianta úd do dhaoine freisin, m.sh. leasainm Sopachán “wispy, unkempt man” nó sloinne *Ó Sopacháin mar a mholann Ó Donnabháin (1838) — tá an dá ainm seo gan urrús, áfach, go bhfios dúinn.

Díol spéise an litriú 1720 ‘-cuppacan’ sa tagairt is luaithe dá dtagann anuas chugainn (cf. 1758). Thabharfadh sin le fios gurbh é c- /k-/ túschonsan radaiceach an cháilitheora agus gur réadú ar ch- /x-/ atá in 1720 ‘-hopican’, srl. Ach más ea ní heol dúinn aon fhocal *copachán i logainmneacha, ná ní dóigh linn gur meititéis ar an logainm Copanach (#5473, #27220, #3519, srl.) a bheadh ina leithéid.

Ó tá an áit seo suite ar leirg sléibhe, ní fhéadfaí a chur as an áireamh gur buaile “cattle-fold, summer pasture” a bhí sa chéad eilimint ó cheart.

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53.0907, -7.45084latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1720	Ballyhopican	CGn. Leathanach: 28.271.17582 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1720	Ballycuppacan	CGn. Leathanach: 28.271.17582 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1747	Ballyhuppehawn	CGn. Leathanach: 127.375.87128 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1758	Ballycuppaban	Kildare Wills Leathanach: 134 'A Calendar of Wills in the Diocese of Kildare 1661 to 1800' in index to Irish Wills I (P.W. Phillimore, London, 1909) Údar: W.P.W. Phillimore
1758	Ballacuppahane	Kildare Wills Leathanach: 142 'A Calendar of Wills in the Diocese of Kildare 1661 to 1800' in index to Irish Wills I (P.W. Phillimore, London, 1909) Údar: W.P.W. Phillimore
1805	Ballyhuppahane	Cahill (La) Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois le Denis Cahill TCD 16H18(1-4)
1823	Ballyhapahane Ballyhupahane san innéacs	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	Ballyhuppahane	BS:AL Leathanach: La056,5 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Ballyhuppahane	Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La056,5 Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois, ex AL
1838	Ballyhuppane [No date]	Map:AL Leathanach: La056,5 Map / léarscáil in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1838	Ballyhupahane	Drogheda Map 1812:AL Leathanach: La056,5 Drogheda Map 1812:AL
1838	Baile Ui Shopachain, 'O'Soppahan's town'	OD:AL Leathanach: La056,5 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	Ballyhuppahane	OD:AL Leathanach: La056,5 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
2005	baliˑˈhopəhɑːn	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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