Baile Aghaidh Chaoin/Balleeghan

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townland

Baile Aghaidh Chaoin

genitive: Bhaile Aghaidh Chaoin

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(Irish)

Balleeghan

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

caoin

English pleasant, fair

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh/Raphoe North

municipal district

Leitir Ceanainn–Baile na nGallóglach/Letterkenny–Milford

civil parish

Raymoghy

electoral division

Mainéar Uí Chuinneagáin/Manorcunningham

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the town(land) of the smooth surface, shape, face

Centrepoint

54.9799, -7.5954latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1557	Baile Aighidh Chaoín Dála Sheain I Néill cona shlocchaibh ro tairmcheimnighsiot gan airisiomh on c-Carraicc Léth go rangattar tar Finn lá taobh Ratha Both trésan Laccán go ro gabsat sosadh & longport lá taobh Baile Aighidh Chaoín a c-comhfhoccus don t-sruith siles as an topar dianidh ainm Cabharthach	ARÉ 1557, v 1552 Annála Ríoghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters I-VII, ed. J. O'Donovan (an 2ú heagrán, 1856). BÁC Bliain: 300–1636, Nóta eolais: , Údar: John O'Donovan
1601	Ballaghan	L. Foyle Leathanach: 143 Lough Foyle in 1601 Herbert F. Hore Ulster Journal of Archaeology First Series, Vol. 5 (1857), pp. 139-143
1608	Beleaghane	Survey Ulst. Leathanach: 190 "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
1610	Belliaghen	CPR Leathanach: 159 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1611	Balleaghan	CPR Leathanach: 197 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1623?	Ballioghum	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 15 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1629	Moiagh al' Ballyaghen	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 7 C I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1654	Balliachen	CS III Leathanach: 30 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Ballirchan ?	CS III Leathanach: 27 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Belliachen's Land	CS III Leathanach: 31 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1659	Belliaghan	Cen. Leathanach: 49 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
1770-1840	Balleighan	Longfield Maps MS 21 F. 33 / (006) [A survey of lands in the townlands of Ardnadishan, Terhegan, Ballylawn, Drean, etc, etc in the Barony of Raphoe N and County of Donegal] Longfield Map Collection by John Longfield, John Brownrigg, Thomas Murray et al, Land Surveyors, ca 1770-1840. An Leabharlann Náisiúnta (NLI), féach http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000282687
1787	Balleaughan Ardnadition adjoining Balleaughan	CGn. 400.348.263786; King and Wife to McKinley Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1801	Bell leighan	McCrea DG William Mc Crea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801 Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Bliain foilsithe: 1801
1835	Belleaghan	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Baile Aghaidh Chaoin	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	Ardnadittian	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Baile aighidh Chaoin i.e. villa faciei amoena is now anglicized Ballēēghan and lies on the margin of Lough Swilly about 1 1/4 mile N.E. of Manor Cunningham. Its Irish name would be pronounced B̠ǎ̠l-eý́e-k̠e̠é̠́n̠ (eye in Irish is face or surface and keen, pleasand or delightful)	LSO (DG) 141 Litreacha na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis, Dún na nGall / Ordnance Survey Letters, Donegal.
2005	Baile Aghaidh Chaoin (B. of the pleasant aspect?)	FSÁG Foclóir Stairiúil Áitainmneacha na Gaeilge/Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames. Eag. P. Ó Riain, D. Ó Murchadha & K. Murray (2003-)

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