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An Bhuaile Bhán
genitive: na Buaile Báine
(Irish)
Boolavaun
(English)
Centrepoint
52.8818, -9.15301latitude, longitude
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Historical references
| 1592 |
Boolevin
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Inq.(Cl) Leathanach: 1, 32
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| 1613 |
Boolevan
|
CPR Leathanach: 259b
|
| 1666 |
Ballyallaban
|
ASE Leathanach: 88, 18
|
| 1678 |
Boule-Iven
|
ASE Leathanach: 250, 50
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| 1839 |
Bollavaun
|
BS:AL Leathanach: Cl028,8
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| 1839 |
Boolavaun
|
Plan:AL Leathanach: Cl028,8
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| 1839 |
Baile Ui Bhaine
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pl:AL Leathanach: Cl028,8
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| 1839 |
Buaile bhan, 'the white booley, or dairy place'
"Another written authority should be procured for this, as the orthographer had no means of knowing where the place was" [OD Nóta];
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OD:AL Leathanach: Cl028,8
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| 1839 |
Boolavaun
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dúch dearg:AL Leathanach: Cl028,8
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| 1839 |
[Boolavaun]
"This townland is all under tillage and pasture...a small fort called Lissballybawn" [Desc. Rem.];
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Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Cl028,8
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| 1992 |
ˌbuːl′əˈvɑːn
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