BROWSE
townland
Baile Riche
genitive: Bhaile Riche
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ballyrihy
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of —
    Ní léir brí an dara heilimint

  • English

    the town of —
    The meaning of the second element is unclear

Centrepoint

52.9255, -7.93637latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Archival records

scanned image

Historical references

1305
Ballerky (=Ballreky?)
RBO
1620
Balileighy, Coologe and
CPR Leathanach: 481
1620
Ballileighy
CPR Leathanach: 453
1620
Ballyelihe alias Ballyerihe alias Ballylehah
CPR Leathanach: 468
1622
Ballycrighe alias Ballylehelh alias Ballyclihe
CPR Leathanach: 560
1640
CI Balliricky
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 52 C I
1655-1657
Ballirighie
DS
1659
Ballyrehe
Cen. Leathanach: 440
1660c
Ballyrichy
BSD (UF) Leathanach: 49
1660c
Ballyrithy
BSD (UF) Leathanach: Index
1666
Ballyreehy, Clonemoghan and B.
ASE Leathanach: 54
1685
Ballirighie
Hib. Del.
1713
Ballorickey
LN 16 M 11 Leathanach: 4
1737
Ballyrehy
CGn. Imleabhar: 90.26.62684
1747
Ballerighie
LN 16 M 11 Leathanach: 7
1750
Ballyrichie
S & V Leathanach: 222
1797
Ballyrehy, Ballylihie
CGn. Imleabhar: 458.327.295413
1837
Ballyrihy or Myrtlegrove
BS:AL
1837
Ballyrehy Part of Coolroe
Co. Treas.:AL
1837
Baile Richidh, Richey's town
OD:AL
1837
Ballyrihy or Myrtlegrove
Rollerton, J.F.:AL
1837
Ballyrichey
S&V:AL

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm