Baile Uí Ghiollagáin/Ballygilgan

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townland

Baile Uí Ghiollagáin

genitive: Bhaile Uí Ghiollagáin

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(Irish)

Ballygilgan

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baile

English townland, town, homestead

Ó, Uí

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county

Sligeach/Sligo

barony

Cairbre/Carbury

civil parish

Droim Chliabh/Drumcliff

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54.3483, -8.55802latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	Ballygilgan in Sligo; Bail- Ui-Ghiollagain (FM), O'Gilligan's town.	Joyce 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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1513	... bhaile uí ghiollgáin	FSÁG Leathanach: b ARÉ v 1322 Foclóir Stairiúil Áitainmneacha na Gaeilge/Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames. Eag. P. Ó Riain, D. Ó Murchadha & K. Murray (2003-)
1585	Balleikilgan	CBC Leathanach: 121 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1585	Ballikillegane?	CBC Leathanach: 126 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1585	Ballekilegane	Wood-Martin Leathanach: i 314 History of Sligo, County and Town, I, II, III. W.G. Wood-Martin, 1882, 1889, 1892. Dublin.
1633‒6	Balligillgan	Wood-Martin Leathanach: ii 299 History of Sligo, County and Town, I, II, III. W.G. Wood-Martin, 1882, 1889, 1892. Dublin.
1655–7	Ballygillan	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Ballygillgan	Cen. Leathanach: 597 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660c	Ballygilligan	BSD Leathanach: 88 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1665c	Baligillgan	HMR Leathanach: 31 Hearth Money Roll
1685c	B:gillan	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1749	Ballygilgan	Cen. of Elphin Leathanach: 562 Census of Elphin
1787	Ballygillgan ors. Ballygilligan	CGn. Leathanach: 389.314.256608 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1819	Ballygilgan	Larkin (Sl) Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin)
1836	Ballygilgan	BS:AL Leathanach: Sl014,14 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Ballygilgan	BM:AL Barony Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1830-40
1836	Ballygilgan	Cess Applot. Bk.:AL Cess Applot. Book, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	B. gillan	Cooper Map:AL Cooper Map, foinse in AL, Co. Shligigh / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Sligo.
1836	There are 8 forts, most of which are on the N. east side of the townland. A quarry convenient to the coast. Also a holy well near the N. boundary	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Ballygillgan	DS Ref.:AL DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1836	Ballygilgan	Larkin (Sl):AL Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin) ex AL
1836	Ballygilgan	OD (corr.):AL Seán Ó Donnabháin, ceartúchán in AL/ John O'Donovan, correction in AL
1836	Ballygilligan	OD:AL 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	Baile Uí Ghiollagáin “O’Gillagan’s town” ‘See Annals 4 Masters 1513’	OD:AL 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	Ballygilgin	pron.:AL Pronunciation in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Ballygilgan	Sl. Bay:AL Chart of Sligo Bay, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1836
1938	Baile Uí Ghiollagáin	Elphin PN Leathanach: 8 The Placenames of Elphin Diocese by M.J.Connellan, P.P.., Kilglass, Roscommon Bliain: 1938, Nóta: Presented to the Place-Names Commission by Author - 21. 10. 1952, Cóip sa Bhrainse Logainmneacha

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