BROWSE
townland
Baile na Cille
genitive: Bhaile na Cille
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ballynakill
(English)

Other names

Cluain Deochra
genitive: Chluain Deochra
historical name (What is this?)
(Irish)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead
English church
cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of the church
    Féach 'Abbey Burying Ground' agus 'Glebe' ar léarscáil 6ʺ na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis; féach leis 'cross slab' agus 'bullaun stone' san fhardal seandálaíochta (www.archaeology.ie). Cluain Deochra seanainm na mainistreach seo (ionann is 'Cloneogher' ag Gwynn, Medieval Religious Houses in Ireland 32); féach Foclóir Stairiúil Áitainmneacha Gaeilge s.n.

  • English

    the town of the church
    See 'Abbey Burying Ground' and 'Glebe' on the Ordnance Survey 6ʺ map; see also 'cross slab' and 'bullaun stone' in the archaeological inventory (www.archaeology.ie). Cluain Deochra was the name of the monastery (this is 'Cloneogher' in Gwynn, Medieval Religious Houses in Ireland 32); see Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames s.n.

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53.7023, -7.92628latitude, longitude
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Historical references

770
?Cluana Dochre [g.]
"Mors connmaich m. Brendain abbatis Cluana Dochre" = ARÉ 765 "Condmhach, mac Brenainn, abb Cluana Tochne, d'écc."
AU I
977
Cluana Deochra [g.]
"Flant, mac Maoil Mhichil, fear leighinn Cluana Mic Nois, epscop & airchindeach Cluana Deochra."
ARÉ
1100c
Cluana Da Ochra [g.]
"Moernoc Cluana Da Ochra"
CGSH Uimhir: 707.772
1170c
o Clúain dá acra
"Saran mac Tigernaigh meic Maenaigh ó Lesan i Sliabh Callann ocus o Clúain dá acra isin Cechair"
FGorm. Leathanach: 180
1581
Clonoghra
Lishagh McMorough
F Leathanach: 3829
1581
Clonoghera
Rowry McCahill
F Leathanach: 3829
1586
Clonoghra
Lysagh McMorogh
F Leathanach: 4980
1597
Clonoghra
Rorie McCahill
F Leathanach: 6108
1597
Clonoghra
Donell McHubbert
F Leathanach: 6108
1613
Cloneogher otherwise<br/>Clonogherie
CPR Leathanach: 257a
1629
Clonoghery p[arish]
< 'The Barony of Moydow in the County of Longford', léarscáil i seilbh Leabharlann na Breataine
Eile
1645
Cluain-Deochra
"S. Fechinus perrexit ad S. Ernanum visendam in Monasterio quod Cluain-Deochra apppellatur."
ASH
1660c
Clonaghera Parish
Jon. mc Keedagh Farrell > Thoms. Harman
BSD (Lo) Leathanach: 138
1660c
Clonoragh
Jon. mc Keedagh Farrell > Thoms. Harman
BSD (Lo) Leathanach: 138
1667
Clonoragh alias<br/>Clonoghra
Sir Thomas Harman
ASE Leathanach: 115
1813
Ballynakill
Edgeworth
1837c.
Ballynakill
BS:AL Imleabhar: C99, Leathanach: 17
1837c.
Ballynikill
Edgeworth Map:AL
1837c.
Baile an Cill, 'the Church Town'
Quinn, E.:AL
1837c.
Baile na Cille, 'villa ecclesiae', 'town of the church'
OD:AL
1837c.
Baile na Cille, 'an old church here'
pl:AL
1908
Baile na cille ' town of the church'
MacGivney Leathanach: 44
2007
balnəˈkil
Áit.

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