BROWSE
townland
Baile na mBuitléarach
genitive: Bhaile na mBuitléarach
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Butlerstown
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of Na Buitléaraigh
    Na Buitléaraigh (iol.) — ón sloinne de Buitléir (< le Boteller na nAngla-Normannach).
    An fhoirm mheititéisithe Builtéir, Builtéaraigh, srl., atá in iontrálacha 1840.

  • English

    the town of Na Buitléaraigh
    Na Buitléaraigh (iol.) — from the surname de Buitléir (< Anglo-Norman le Boteller).
    The entries from 1840 show the metathesised form Builtéir, Builtéaraigh, etc.

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52.3769, -7.5014latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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Baile na mBuitléarach
PN Decies Leathanach: 272
1654
Butlerstowne
CS I Leathanach: 266, 265, 267, 268 etc.
1656
Butlerstowne
Inq.(TÁ) Leathanach: III. 374
1657
Butlerstown
DS
1660
Butlerstowne
BSD (TÁ) Leathanach: 123
c.1660
Butlerstowne
Inq.(TÁ) Leathanach: III. 344
1665-1666
Butlerstowne
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 30
1666-1667
Bullerstowne
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 80
1666-1667
Bultlerstowne
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 82
1685
Baltlerstowne
Hib. Del.
1816
Butlerstown
Par. Stat. Leathanach: II.124
1840
Butlerstown
AL
1840
Baile M..iltiara(dh)
Glanta:AL
1840
Baile m-Builteuraig, 'town of the Butlers'
OD:AL

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