Baile an Fhóntaigh/Fontstown

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Baile an Fhóntaigh

genitive: Bhaile an Fhóntaigh

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(Irish)

Fontstown

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

Cill Dara/Kildare

barony

An Fhorrach agus An Réabán Thoir/Narragh and Reban East

Uíbh Fhailí Thiar/Offaly West

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the town of An Fóntach
An Fóntach — ón sloinne Fónt (< le Faunt)
English

the town of An Fóntach
An Fóntach — from the surname Fónt (< le Faunt)

Centrepoint

53.0648, -6.88461latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1540-1541	Founston Malachei mcDonaghe de Founston	Crown Surv. Leathanach: 149 Crown Surveys of Lands 1540-41 with the Kildare Rental Begun in 1518 ed. Gearóid Mac Niocaill (Dublin, 1992) Pubref: Irish Manuscripts Commission
1547	Thre Castels alias Fountsland, the manor of	F Leathanach: 24 Ed Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1643/1/10	Fowntstowne, Parrish of	Dep. 1641 Leathanach: 813 361r Teistíochtaí/Depositions 1641 Nóta: Cóipeanna ar mhicreascannáin de chuid na hoifige seo go hiondúil; féach leis http://1641.tcd.ie/ , Bliain: 1642–1652
1778	Tountstown	T&S Leathanach: 136 Taylor & Skinner, Maps of the Roads of Ireland Surveyed 1777. Foilsiodh an leabhar seo i 1778. Bliain: 1778, Pubref: leabhar de mhapaí
1807	Funtstown	Stat. Surv. (CD) Leathanach: xv Statistical Survey Kildare 1807
1807	Fonstown	Stat. Surv. (CD) Leathanach: 207 Statistical Survey Kildare 1807
1837	Font, a family name	OD:AL Leathanach: 1,2 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
1837	Fontstown (Psh)	BS:AL Leathanach: 1,2 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1837	Fontstown Psh	Taylor Co. Map 1783:AL Leathanach: 1,2 Major Taylor's Eng. Map ex AL
1837	Fonstown	Noble & Keenan Co. Map:AL Leathanach: 1,2 Léarscáil de Chontae Chill Dara le Noble & Keenan, 1752:AL
1837	Fonstown	Cess Coll.:AL Leathanach: 1,2 Cess Collector, fianaise in AL / evidence in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks Bliain: c1840
1837	Fonstown	Cess Coll. Bk.:AL Leathanach: 1,2 Cess Collector's Book fianaise in AL / evidence in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1837	Fonstown	Stat. Survey (CD):AL Leathanach: 1,2 Rawson Stat. Survey Kildare 1807:AL
1837	Fontstown	Baggott, Rev. C.:AL Leathanach: 1,2 Baggott, Rev. C., faisnéiseoir in AL / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1837	Founteston	Inq. H VIII (Archdall):AL Leathanach: 1,2 Foinse in AL
1837	Fontstown	Top. Dict. Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 632 S. Lewis. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland I-II (1837)
1837	Fontstown	Top. Dict. Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 420 S. Lewis. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland I-II (1837)

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