BROWSE
townland
Baile Mhic Shamhráin
genitive: Bhaile Mhic Shamhráin
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ballymagauran
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of Mac Shamhráin
    Mac Shamhráin — sloinne

  • English

    the town of Mac Shamhráin
    Mac Shamhráin — surname

Centrepoint

54.0692, -7.68309latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1836
Ballymagurha?
DS:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Ballymagaurin
BS:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Ballymagovern
T&S:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Ballemagawran
Co. List 1790:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Ballymagauvran
["Corrected list of BS"];
BS:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Ballymagowran
BM:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Ballymagowran
CM:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Ballymagauran
Carlisle Top Dic:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Ball[in]agawran
HCER 1826:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Baile mhic Shamhradhain, 'Magauran's town'
"villa Magaurane" [dúch];
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
Ballymagauran
"The most respectable branch of the family now spell their name Magauran" [OD Nóta];
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36
1836
[Ballymagauran]
"The small village of Ballymaguaran is situated near the centre of the townland...also the ruins of an old building said to have been a distillery" [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca057,36

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