BROWSE
Baile Mhic Mhaoilir
genitive: Bhaile Mhic Mhaoilir
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ballickmoyler
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of the son of Maoilir
    Maoilir — ainm pearsanta (< Meyler na nAngla-Normannach)

    Tá baile fearainn den ainm céanna i gCill Chuairsí i gCo. Uíbh Fhailí (#41977). Cf. Leabhar Mór na nGenealach V 464–66 mar a luaitear a lán Sean-Ghall den ainm sin.

    Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:

    1. Léirítear Kylenahorn SO < Coill na hEorna (?) “the wood of the barley” i ndeisceart bf Baile Mhic Mhaoilir.
    2. In oirthear an bhaile fearainn is ann fós do smut den choill Curraghatheskin Wood SO < Currach an tSeiscinn “the wet land of the sedgeland, marsh”.
    3. Ní léir an ionann an Strand Br[idge] SO a théann trasna ghéag den Fhuiseog in iarthar an bhaile fearainn agus 1837 ‘Ath Fuiseóige near Cooper-hill’, teorainn theas na seandúiche Fearann Ó gCeallaigh dar le Laurence (Maoileachlainn) Ó Broin (Litreacha na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis Uíbh Fhailí I 61).

Centrepoint

52.8758, -7.00479latitude, longitude
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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

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Historical references

1838
Ballickmoyler
OD:AL Leathanach (AL): LA033,6
1838
Balliskmoyler
DS:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballymoyleran
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballickmoyler
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballickmoyler
Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballickmayler
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballickmayler
BS:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballickmoyler
OD:AL Leathanach (AL): LA033,6
1838
Balliskmoyler
DS:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballymoyleran
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballickmoyler
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballickmoyler
Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballickmayler
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA033,6
1838
Ballickmayler
BS:AL Leathanach: LA033,6

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