BROWSE
townland
Buaile Fraoigh
genitive: Bhuaile Fraoigh
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ballyfree
(English)

Glossary

buaile, buailidh
English cattle-fold, summer-pasture

Explanatory note

  • English

    cattle-fold, summer-pasture of (the) heath

Centrepoint

54.2506, -8.48691latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
1655–7
Moss Bog
DS
1748
Carowroe ows. Bollefree
CGn. Leathanach: 132.307.989425
1824
Ballyfree
TAB
1836
Bollyfree
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl046,8
1836
Bollyfree
Bar. Cess Bk.:AL Leathanach: Sl046,8
1836
Buaile Fraoigh, 'Booley or dairy place of the heath'
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl046,8
1836
Ballyfree
"This townland is in the parish and retains a name similar to this. Yet as I did not know situation of it, I could get no one acquainted with the name, tho I crossed the parish in every side" [dúch];
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl046,8
1836
[Ballyfree Part of]
"an old corn mill & mill pond" [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl046,8
1836
Bollyfree
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl046,8
1836
Bollyfree
Bar. Cess Bk.:AL
1836
An old corn mill & mill pond
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Buaile Fraoigh “Booley or dairy place of the heath”
OD:AL
1836
Ballyfree -This townland is in the parish and retains a name similar to this. Yet as I did not know situation of it, I could get no one acquainted with the name, tho I crossed the parish in every side
OD:AL
1920
[Ballyfree]
Ballyfree, near Sligo town and near Rathdrum in Wicklow; Baile-fraoigh [-free], townland of the fraoch or heath.
Joyce Leathanach: 86, Imleabhar: III
1938
Buaile Fraoich
Elphin PN Leathanach: 7

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