Béal Átha Fearna/Bellafarney

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Béal Átha Fearna

genitive: Bhéal Átha Fearna

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(Irish)

Bellafarney

(English)

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áth

English ford

béal

English opening, approach, mouth

Hierarchy

county

Sligeach/Sligo

barony

Tír Fhiachrach/Tireragh

civil parish

Cill Mhac Sealgáin/Kilmacshalgan

Centrepoint

54.2156, -8.92922latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

	Bellafarney Bellafarney in Sligo; Beal-atha-fearna, ford of the alder. Fearn, alder : see vol. i. P. 515.	Joyce Leathanach: 136, Imleabhar: III P.W. Joyce. The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. I (1869), II (1875), III (1913). Áit foilsithe: Dublin and London, Bliain foilsithe: 1920
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1655–7	Bellafarna	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1655–7	Ballafarna	DS (P, TCD) #29276 [DS (par. TCD)] Down Survey Parish Maps-(Leagan ar líne atá ag Coláiste na Trionóide)/Down Survey Parish Maps-(Online copy by Trinity College)
1660c	Ballafarna	BSD Leathanach: 156 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1669	Ballyfarna	ASE Leathanach: 208 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
1685c	Ballifarnagh	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1713	Ballyfarna	CGn. Leathanach: 14.62.5174 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1819	Ballyfarney	Larkin (Sl) Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin)
1833c	Ballifarnen	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.
1836	Bellafarny	OD:AL Leathanach: Sl031,5 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
1836	Bellafarney	OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: Sl031,5 Seán Ó Donnabháin, ceartúchán in AL/ John O'Donovan, correction in AL
1836	Beúl Atha Fearnna, 'mouth of the ford of the alder'	OD:AL Leathanach: Sl031,5 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
1836	Beul Atha Fearnna	pl:AL Leathanach: Sl031,5 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Ballyfarney	Larkin Map:AL Leathanach: Sl031,5 Larkin Map:AL
1836	Ballyfarnan	Groves, Rector:AL Leathanach: Sl031,5 Groves, Rector, faisnéiseoir in AL / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Ballyfarney	Cess Bk:AL Leathanach: Sl031,5 Cess Book, fianaise in AL / evidence in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Bealafarney	BS:AL Leathanach: Sl031,5 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Ballafarna	DS:AL Leathanach: Sl031,5 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Ballyfarnoo	Irwin, Col.:AL (Sl) Leathanach: Sl031,5 Irwin, Col., faisnéiseoir in AL, Co. Shligigh / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Sligo.
1836	Ballyfarney	Larkin (Sl):AL Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin) ex AL

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