Baile Uí Fhaoileacháin/Balleelaghan

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townland

Baile Uí Fhaoileacháin

genitive: Bhaile Uí Fhaoileacháin

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(Irish)

Balleelaghan

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Inis Eoghain Thoir/Inishowen East

municipal district

Inis Eoghain/Inishowen

civil parish

Cluain Catha/Clonca

electoral division

Málainn/Malin

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the town(land) of Ó Faoileacháin
Ó Faoileacháin – sloinne

Luaitear John Ofuyllechcan (Seán Ó Faoileacháin), canon, of Derry in Calendar of Papal Letters (VIII 595-598) sa bhliain 1436.
English

the town(land) of Ó Faoileacháin
Ó Faoileacháin – surname

John Ofuyllechcan (Seán Ó Faoileacháin), canon, of Derry is mentioned in Calendar of Papal Letters (VIII 595-598) in the year 1436.

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55.3116, -7.2752latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1608	Ballylane	Survey Ulst. "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
1621	Ballyellyhan	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 11 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1625	Ballyellyhan	Inq. Ult. 1 CI Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1654	Ballileghan	CS III Leathanach: 3 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1659	Ballileaghan	Cen. Leathanach: 62 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
1660c	Ballyleghane	BSD (DG) Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Donegal)
1661	Ballie ellihan	Parsons Hollar Map (BM) Map of Inishowen, showing loughs Swilly and Foyle and the land around. 1661 Etching. Wenceslaus Hollar, Sir William Parsons. Leagan ó Mhusaem na Breataine / Copy from The British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Q-6-140
1669	Ballyellihane	Chic. Pat. 136 'confirmation of the Chichester Patents enrolled 1669', in R. M. Young, Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its vicinity (Belfast, 1896) lgh. 127-138.
1717	Bally-Elaghan	CGn. 26.53.14637 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1718	Ballyelaghan	CGn. 21.292.11549 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1726	Bally Ellaghan	CGn. 52.443.35232 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1740	Belelehan	Protestant Householders 33 Names of 14,400 Protestant householders for parts of the counties of Londonderry, Donegal, Antrim, Armagh and Tyrone taken from the returns to the Irish House of Commons concerning religion. 1740. (P.R.O., Dublin bundle 75 of Parliamentary religious returns). 147 pages of typescript. Ar fáil: https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/PRONI-T808-15258
1744	Ballyelaghan	CGn. 116.1117971; Harvey and Others to Latouche Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1767-1770	Ballyellacan	Crow Inishowen D835/1/1/25 Plans of the Earl of Donegall's estates in the barony of Inishowen, Co. Donegal, surveyed and measured by James Crow. 1767-1770 Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) D835/1/1
1830	Ballelahan	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1830	Baile Íleachain "Ileachan's town" Shane O'Dogherty	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	"from Bally a Town and the additional part denotes the name of the former possessors" Mr Canny	Finné:AL Mr Canny Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.

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