BROWSE
townland
Baile an Gháinigh
genitive: Bhaile an Gháinigh
(Irish)
Gaynestown
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Centrepoint

52.2775, -6.55074latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Historical references

1540
Villages of Naysshe and Gayneston ? (Poss. of Abbey of Tintern)
Hore Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 77
1546
Gaynesland ?/(John Brereton)
F Alt: 484
1571
Gainstowne... (John, Bishop of Ferns- Rich. Devereux of Gardymus)
Rosbottom Leathanach: 2
1630
Gaynestowne (Ed. Meyler & Joan Devereux)
Inq. Lag. Alt: 51 C I
1654–6
Cuniger of Ganestowne
CS (LG) Imleabhar: IX, Leathanach: 137
1654–6
Ganestowne (Rich. Jennings)
CS (LG) Imleabhar: IX, Leathanach: 137
1655–7
Gainstowne
DS
1685c
Gainesto-
Hib. Del.
1690c
Gainistowne (Wm. Bishop)
Quit Rent (LG) Leathanach: 40
1816
Gainstown
GJP (LG)
1830c
Gainstown
TAB Leathanach: 5
1840
Gainestowne
DS:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 24
1840
Gainstown
Bar. Cons.:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 24
1840
Gainstown
BS:AL Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 24
1840
Gainstown
Cullen, Rev. P. :AL (LG) (Cill Moninne)
1840
Gainstown
Freeholders:AL (LG) Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 24
1840
Gainstown
Gill (Wexford) Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 24
1840
Gainstown
GJReturn:AL (LG) Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 24
1840
Gainstown
Hickey, Rev.:AL (LG) (Cill Moninne)
1840
Gainstown
Sheppard, T.:AL (LG)
1840
Gayne, a family name"The family name is never spelled 'Gain'?"
OD:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach (AL): 24
1840
Gaynestown
Archdall:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 24
1840
Gaynestown
OD:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach (AL): 24
1840
Gaynestown [Burrowes 1727]
Deeds:AL (LG) Cill Moninne Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 24
1840
Gaynestown [Hore, H.]
Inq. C I:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 24

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