An Baile Bó/Ballyboe

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Hierarchy

townland

An Baile Bó

genitive: an Bhaile Bó

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(Irish)

Ballyboe

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh/Raphoe North

municipal district

Leitir Ceanainn–Baile na nGallóglach/Letterkenny–Milford

civil parish

An Leac/Leck

electoral division

Corr an Mhadaidh/Corravaddy

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Aonad talún a bhí in úsáid i gcóras sealbhaíochta talún na nGael is ea an baile bó. Mínítear é mar “portion of (grass-)land, [‘tate’]” in FGB agus mínítear ballyboe mar “A measure of land in Ireland (chiefly Ulster)” san Oxford English Dictionary. (JÓG)
English

The baile bó was a land unit used in the native Gaelic system of landholding. Baile bó is explained as “portion of (grass-)land, [‘tate’]” in [FGB] (http://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/baile_b%c3%b3), and ballyboe as “A measure of land in Ireland (chiefly Ulster)” in the Oxford English Dictionary. (JÓG)

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54.9256, -7.73543latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1835	Ballyboe	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Baile Bó i.e. cow-town	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	Ballyboe	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1835	Ballyboe	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	Ballyboe	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	Ballyboe	Chambers, D:AL (DG) An Leac Chambers, D., faisnéiseoir in AL, An Leac, Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Leck, Raphoe North, Co. Donegal.
1964-9	/baliˈboː/ /baləˈboː/	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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