BROWSE
townland
Baile Mhic Mhurchú
genitive: Bhaile Mhic Mhurchú
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ballymacmurragh
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of Mac Mhurchú
    Mac Mhurchú -- sloinne, ón ainm pearsanta Murchadh

  • English

    the town of Mac Mhurchú
    Mac Mhurchú -- surname, from the personal name Murchadh

Centrepoint

52.1568, -8.85959latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Historical references

1573
Thomas m"Owen M"Morrogho, of Ballym"morcho
F Leathanach: 2248
1585
Ballym"murighoe
F Leathanach: 4751
1594
Ballym"marrougho
F Leathanach: 5903
1601
Ballim"murroghu
F Leathanach: 6465
1609
Ballymcmorroghe
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: 1, 139
1610
Ballymcmurcho
CPR Leathanach: 159-b
1620c.
Ballimcmorogh
Chan. Pl. Leathanach: I, 223
1621
Bealaghmorghoo
CPR Leathanach: 538-b
1632
Ballymc Morogh
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: IV 137
1655
Balleme morragh
DS
1660c.
BallymcMurrogh
BSD (Co) Leathanach: 175
1666
Ballymcmurragh
ASE Leathanach: 118-b
1787
Ballymacmurrough
CGn. Leathanach: 391.133.257408
1811
Ballymacmara
Bath
1812
Bally-Macmurrough
Leet Leathanach: 1, 70
1834
Ballymackmorogh
TAB Leathanach: 16
1840
Ballymackmurrogh
BS:AL
1840
Ballymcmurry
Inq. J I:AL
1840x
baile mic Murchaidh
EC:AL
1840y
Mac Murrough’s town
OD:AL

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