BROWSE
population centretownlandelectoral division
An Baile Fionn
genitive: an Bhaile Fhinn
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(Irish)
Ballyfin
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead
fionn, finne
English white

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the white town Faoi mar a luann Ó Donnabháin (1838), b’fhéidir nár cheart Baile Uí Fhinn “the town of Ó Finn (sloinne)” a chur as an áireamh ar fad — cf. ‘Mc Fyinn’ agus ‘Fyinn’ i measc phríomhshloinnte bharúntacht Osraí agus bharúntacht Phort Laoise in Census 1659 (lgh. 495, 498). Tá seisear den sloinne Finn luaite le paróiste Chluain Eidhneach in Griffith’s Valuation.

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53.0643, -7.43891latitude, longitude
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