Béal Átha Seanaidh/Ballyshannon

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Béal Átha Seanaidh

genitive: Bhéal Átha Seanaidh

validated name

(Irish)

Ballyshannon

(English)

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Glossary

áth

English ford

béal

English opening, approach, mouth

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Tír Aodha/Tirhugh

civil parish

Inis Maí Samh/Inishmacsaint

Cill Bharrainn/Kilbarron

Explanatory note

English

fordmouth of (the) assembly-place

Centrepoint

54.5043, -8.19732latitude, longitude

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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

Historical references

g.d.	Átha Seanaigh	Aith.D Leathanach: 84, Véarsa: 21 Aithdioghluim Dána, A miscellany of Irish bardic poetry I (ITS XXXVII) Foilsitheoir: ITS, Údar: L. McKenna, Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1939
1608	Ballyshanon	Survey Ulst. Leathanach: 183 "A booke of the Kings lands founde upon the last generall survey within the province of Ulster anno le:1608" MS. Rawlinson A.237 Anal.Hib. 3.151-218 Bliain foilsithe: 1608
1620	Ballashannon	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 10 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1620	Ballishanan al' Bealsheanny	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 10 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1620	Ballyshannone al' Belashremy	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 10 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1620	Bealashaney	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 10 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1620	Bealashannon	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 10 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1620	Bealasheany	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 10 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1620	Beallasheannii Ballyshannon	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 10 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1623	Ballesheany al' Ballyshannon	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 13 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1623	Ballisheany al' Ballishannon	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 13 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1623	Belasheany al' Ballyshannon	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 13 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1654	Ballishanan, Barr of	CS III Leathanach: 56 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Ballishannan	CS III Leathanach: 56 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1659	Ballishannon	Cen. Leathanach: 43 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
1835	Beal áith seanaigh 'mouth of Seanach's ford'	OD:AL 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
1835	Baile sion an , Baile 'town' sion stormy, an 'water'	Ogilby:AL (DG) Ogilby, faisnéiseoir in AL, faisnéiseoir in AL, Cill Bharrainn, Tír Aodha, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Kilbarron, Tirhugh, Co. Donegal.
1835	Bally 'a town', shannon 'old hugh'	Quinn:AL (DG) Quinn, faisnéiseoir in AL, Droim Thuama, Tír Aodha, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Drumhome, Tirhugh, Co. Donegal.
1835	Ballyshannon	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1835	Beul ath sean oadh 'mouth of the ford of old Hugh O'Donnell'	Thornley Esq:AL (DG) Thornley, Jas., Esq, faisnéiseoir in AL, Inis Maí Samh, Tír Aodha, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Inishmacsaint, Tirhugh, Co. Donegal.

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