Baile an Drácaigh/Drakestown

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civil parishtownland

Baile an Drácaigh

genitive: Bhaile an Drácaigh

(Irish)

Drakestown

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

An Mhí/Meath

barony

Machaire Gaileang/Morgallion

Centrepoint

53.7751, -6.7372latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1418	Drakiston	CPL Calendar of Papal Letters (= Calendar of Papal Registers, Papal Letters, A.D. 1198-1498 , I-XVI, ed. Bliss, Twemlow, Haren & Fuller 1893-1986) Bliain: 1198-1498
1587	Drakeston Deed…Richard Barnewall of Crickstowne, esq… John Cusack of Cussingston…Drakeston… CPR 255	CPR 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
1654	Drakestowne 278	CS V Civil Survey V, Co. Meath (ed. Simington, 1940) Bliain: 1654
1836	Drakestown Castletown	Harkin, T.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 Harkin, T.:AL
1836	Baile an Dreaga, 'Drake's town'	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 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
1836	Drakestown	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 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
1836	United Parishes of Drakestown	BS:AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Drakestown	Larkin (Mí):AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 Foinse in AL
1836	Drakestown surveyor	Andrews, W.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 Andrews, W., faisnéiseoir in AL / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Drakestown Knock	Quinn, W.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 Quinn, W.:AL
1836	Drakestown Ladyrath	Blake:AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 Blake:AL
1836	Drakestown Legga	Boylan, W.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 Boylan, W.:AL
1836	Drakestown Knock	Read, T.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,1 Read, T.:AL

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