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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, 02 Eanáir 2026)
- 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, and ballyboe as “A measure of land in Ireland (chiefly Ulster)” in the Oxford English Dictionary. (JÓG, 02 Eanáir 2026)
Centrepoint
Historical references
| 1793 |
the town and lands of Convoy except the Mill half Ballyboe a Moiety of the Mill and profits there of called Wilson's Mill and the Miller's Hol.g
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CGn. 465.310.297484: Montgomery to Glascock
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| 1835 |
Ballyboe
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| 1835 |
Ballyboe
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| 1835 |
Baile bo 'cow-town'
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| 1835 |
Ballyboe
'All right'
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