Baile Mhá/Ballymah

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townland

Baile Mhá

genitive: Bhaile Mhá

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(Irish)

Ballymah

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

Corcaigh/Cork

barony

Corcaigh/Cork

civil parish

Inis Cionaoith/Inishkenny

Centrepoint

51.8595, -8.55686latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1586	Balliwaige	Inq.(Co) Leathanach: I 35, 72 Inquisitions, Co. Cork (lámhscríbhinn in RIA) Imleabhair I-VII Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar agus do leathanach / Reference to volume and page, Áit: RIA
1608	Ballimage	Corp. Cork Leathanach: 2 Caulfield, R., Council Book of the Corporation of the City of Cork.
1659	Ballyma	Cen. Leathanach: 193 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
1683	B[ally]mew	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1811	Ballyvaw	Bath The County of Cork, surveyed by order of the Grand Jury of the County, by Neville Bath. Nóta: Léarscáil, Bliain: 1811, Pubref: Cork, 1811
1841	Ballymah	BS:AL Leathanach: Co181,4 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1841	Ballymaw	Freeholders Reg.:AL Leathanach: Co181,4 Freeholders Register, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1835
1841	Ballyman	HCSV:AL Leathanach: Co181,4 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1841	Ballymah	OD:AL Leathanach: Co181,4 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
1841	Baile maith, 'good town'	OD:AL Leathanach: Co181,4 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
1841	Ballyvaugh	Parkson, Rev. G.:AL Leathanach: Co181,4 Parkson, Rev. G.:AL
1841	Baile maith	pl:AL Leathanach: Co181,4 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1900	Mac Máighe " - Mawe etc. - 'son of May'…a variant of Mac Máigheóc, Mac Máigheóg…a patronymic surname assumed by a branch of the family of Condon in East Cork and Waterford."	SGG Leathanach: 388 Woulfe, P. (1923), Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames.
1948	Baile Mhágha	Fiachra Éilgeach (Co) Fiachra Éilgeach, Co. Chorcaí: leabhair lámhscríofa i seilbh an BLog. a chuir Risteárd Ó Foghludha ('Fiachra Éilgeach') le chéile timpeall 1940 nuair a bhi sé ina chomhairleoir ag an gCoim. Logainmneacha. Leaganacha Gae. de ainmneacha riaracháin Bliain: 1948c
1950	Mawe "Mawe is a synonym of May in use in the part of the country associated with the Mac Mawes…They were sometimes called Mac Mawe-Condon in English."	MacLysaght: More Irish Families Leathanach: 175 MacLysaght: More Irish Families
1976	Baile Matha?	An Br. Ó Flaitilea An Br. Ó Flaitilea
1996	Baile Mhatha	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838

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