Baile an Fhuarthain/Ballynerrin

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Baile an Fhuarthain

genitive: Bhaile an Fhuarthain

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(Irish)

Ballynerrin

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

Cill Mhantáin/Wicklow

barony

An Caisleán Nua/Newcastle

civil parish

Cill Chomhghaill/Kilcoole

electoral division

Cill Chomhghaill/Kilcoole

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Níl réamhtheachtaí an logainm seo soiléir ón chéad shracfhéachaint (ach oiread le Ballynerrin, par. Dhroim Catha agus par. Ráth Naoi), agus ní mór an fhianaise a thomhas go cúramach chun teacht ar réiteach sásúil faoi chúlra an logainm.

Sa chéad dul síos, tugann leaganacha stairiúla cosúil le ‘Bolinorhan’ le tuiscint go bhfuil an chéad mhír le díorthú ó buaile seachas ó baile. Ach, caithfear suntas a thabhairt don fhíric go bhfuil a leithéid de ‘Bollinorren, Killvarnoke, ballinehorren’ le fáil le chéile, agus dá bharr is mó an seans go raibh an dá rud, a leithéid de Buaile an ... agus Baile an ... le fáil anseo, agus gidh gur féidir le Ballyn- a dhíorthú ó Buaile an ..., bheadh Baile an ... ar aonghuth leis an fhianaise ina hiomlán sa chás seo.

I gcás an cháilitheora tá a réamhtheachtaí níos dóiléire fiú. Chaith Liam Price amhras ar Baile an Fhoirchinn “town(land) of the extremity, end”, toisc go mbaineann an focal sin foircheann le coincheapanna teibí, de ghnáth. Tá an chuma ann go raibh an ceart aige. Ina ionad, mhol sé Baile an Airchinnigh “town(land) of the steward”, ach níl an fhianaise ar aon dul leis an guta deireanach atá le fáil i gin. Airchinnigh. Ar ndóigh, d’aithin Price é sin, agus dá bharr sin chuir sé leagan giorraithe den sloinne Mac an Airchinnigh .i. Mac an Airchinn faoi bhráid an léitheora.

Mhol an Brainse Logainmneacha Baile an Oiriún “town(land) of the ploughman” mar leagan Gaeilge sealadach tráth, ina bhfuil malairt foirme de aireamh (gin. airimh, aireamhan) “ploughman”. Ní mhíníonn an leagan sin an -rh- atá le fáil i leaganacha stairiúla mar ‘Bolinorhan’, ‘Ballinorhan’, áfach, agus dá bharr sin caithfear an moladh sin a chur as an áireamh fosta. Is amhlaidh an scéal i gcás Baile an Fhearainn “town(land) of the domain, land” mar atá molta ag Liam Price i gcás Ballynerrin, par. Dhroim Cátha agus par. Ráth Naoi.

Agus é sin ráite, díol spéise an logainm Cill an Fhuarthainn/Killanoorin atá fianaithe i nGaeltacht Phort Láirge. Ní léir brí na míre deireanaí, ach is fiú é a chur i gcomparáid le fuarthan “cool place” ― bheadh Baile an Fhuarthain “the town(land) of (at) the cool place (poor ground)” ar aonghuth leis an fhianaise luath atá ann don logainm seo agus don Ballynerrin eile ag paróistí Dhroim Catha agus Ráth Naoi. Seans go bhfuil an fuarthan ag freagairt don talamh le gaineamh inti sa bhaile fearainn seo, agus is dócha nach chomhtharlúint é go bhfuil ‘matrix of Irish Sea Basin origin’ (féach epa.ie) le fáil ag Ballynerrin (par. Droim Catha) fosta. [C. Ó Crualaoich]
English

The precursor to this placename (and to the other Ballynerrin, par. Dromkay/par. Rathnew) is not immediately obvious and the evidence must be analysed carefully.

Historical forms such as ‘Bolinorhan’ would imply that the first element derives from buaile rather than baile. However, note the two variant forms found alongside each other in ‘Bollinorren, Killvarnoke, ballinehorren’, implying that both Buaile an ... and Baile an ... were in use. Although Ballyn- could itself derive from Buaile an ..., the Irish form Baile an ... would agree with the overall evidence.

The original form of the qualifying element is even less clear. Liam Price was probably right to cast doubt on Baile an Fhoirchinn “town(land) of the extremity, end” on the basis that the word foircheann (a variant of foirceann) is usually used in abstract concepts. Instead, he suggested Baile an Airchinnigh “town(land) of the steward”; note, however, that the final vowel in gen. airchinnigh is not supported by the evidence. Price recognised this and drew attention to the surname Mac an Airchinn, an abbreviated form of Mac an Airchinnigh.

The Placenames Branch once proposed the provisional Irish version Baile an Oiriún “town(land) of the ploughman”, containing a variant form of aireamh (gen. airimh, aireamhan [airiún]) “ploughman”. However, this suggested form is no longer deemed satisfactory as it does not explain the -rh- found in historical forms such as ‘Bolinorhan’, ‘Ballinorhan’. (Price's suggestion of Baile an Fhearainn “town(land) of the domain, land” in the case of the other Ballynerrin, par. Dromkay/par. Rathnew, must be discounted for similar reasons.)

The placename Cill an Fhuarthainn/Killanoorin attested in the Waterford Gaeltacht is of interest here. The meaning of the final element *fuarthann is unclear, but cf. fuarthan “cool place” — Baile an Fhuarthain “the town(land) of (at) the cool place (poor ground)” would agree with the early evidence for this placename and for the other Ballynerrin in par. Dromkay/par. Rathnew. Fuarthan may refer to the sandy ground in this townland, and if so it is probably no coincidence that a ‘matrix of Irish Sea Basin origin’ can also be found in Ballynerrin, par. Dromkay (see epa.ie). [C. Ó Crualaoich]

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53.1251, -6.05692latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1608	Bolinorhan	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1611	Ballinoran	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1613	Boylenurin	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1614	Ballinorhan & Cooldrasse	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1619	Bolynorhan	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1619	Ballinhorin?	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1619	Boolenoryn	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1619	Bollinorren, Killvarnoke, ballinehorren	Inq. Lag. Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1620	Bolinorin	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1622	Ballynorhin	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1635	Ballynorkin als. Killnevernoge	Inq. Lag. Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1641	Ballynornan	Dep. 1641 Teistíochtaí/Depositions 1641 Nóta: Cóipeanna ar mhicreascannáin de chuid na hoifige seo go hiondúil; féach leis http://1641.tcd.ie/ , Bliain: 1642–1652
1642	Ballinerin?	Dep. 1641 Teistíochtaí/Depositions 1641 Nóta: Cóipeanna ar mhicreascannáin de chuid na hoifige seo go hiondúil; féach leis http://1641.tcd.ie/ , Bliain: 1642–1652
1654	Ballinnorhin	CS X Civil Survey X. Supplementary vol. (ed. Simington, 1961) Bliain: 1654
1655-7	Ballenoran	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1668	Ballynorin	HMR (CM) Hearth Money Rolls, Co, Chill Mhantáin
1685c	Boylannurhonn	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1703	Ballynoran	Forf. Est. 'Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland' Bliain: 1703
1703	Ballynoran	Forf. Est. 'Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland' Bliain: 1703
1715	Ballynoran	CGn. Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1760	B: norrin	Nevill 1760 Jacob Nevill's map of Co. Wicklow, 1760. Bliain foilsithe: 1760, Nóta: Luaitear é seo i measc foinsí Liam Price in The placeÁnames of Co. Wicklow. Thug sé 'N.' mar nod air. Luann Price foinse eile 'A.R. Nevill's Map of Co. Wicklow, dated about 1810, a dtugann sé an nod 'NA.' air. Ar eagla na míthuisceana chuir mé dáta na foinse seo isteach sa nod. Níl an fhoinse áirithe seo againn sa tSuirbhéireacht.
1824	Ballanoran	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.
1839	Ballynorrin	Nevill Wicklow:AL Leathanach: CM053,11 Jacob Nevill's map of Co. Wicklow, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1839	Ballynorrin	Allen Nevill Map:AL (CM) Leathanach: CM053,11 Allen Nevill Map of County Wicklow, foinse in AL, Co. Chill Mhantáin / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Wicklow.
1839	Ballynarran	Cess Coll.:AL Leathanach: CM053,11 Cess Collector, fianaise in AL / evidence in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks Bliain: c1840
1839	Baile an fhiorthain, 'town of the long grass' "This meaning is very uncertain." [Nóta OD]	OD:AL Leathanach: CM053,11 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
1839	Baile 'n fearain	pl:AL Leathanach: CM053,11 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1839	Ballynerrin	OD:AL Leathanach: CM053,11 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
1932	Some suggestions about Wicklow placenames made to me by Nioclás Toibín of Carlow (native speaker from Co. Waterford):...'Baile an fhearthainn' ('farm'). (172-3)	LPN The Liam Price Notebooks Bliain: 2002

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.

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