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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the town of Ó Caollaí?
Ó Caollaí — sloinneTá an sloinne Ó Caollaí luaite le Uí Bhuí go stairiúil (c. barúntacht Bhaile Adaim, in oirthear chontae an lae inniu): féach mar shampla 1460c ‘Críoch Ó mBuidhe … d’Ó Chaolluidhe’ in Topographical Poems. Ach bhí an sloinne le fáil in áiteanna eile sa chontae ní ba dhéanaí: cuir i gcás 1900c ‘O Chaeolee’, an leagan Gaeilge de Kealy a fuair Ó Corragáin ó sheanduine i bf An Grianán (#27727), 8km slí soir ón áit seo (Studia Hibernica 31); cf. 1838 ‘Baile chaolaigh’ agus 1905 ‘Bolle-chaelee’ anseo.
Más ea, is ait an litriú neamhchaighdéanach é 1600c ‘Baile Uí Cheilli’ (Cat. RIA; recte ‘a mBaile I Cheilli’, RIA 23 N 16) i lámhscríbhinn Ghaeilge. (Féach Nic Dhonnchadha ‘The Medical School of Aghmacart’ in Ossory, Laois and Leinster 2 (2006) le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais faoin lámhscríbhinn seo.) B’fhéidir gurbh ann do mhalairt foirme de Ó Caollaí le caolú an chonsain láir go /ʟʹ/ (cosúil leis an malartú in Ó Raghallaigh : Ó Raghailligh), ach le caomhnú an /eː/ sa chéad tsiolla .i. */keːʟʹi/. D’fhágfadh sin deacracht ag an scríobhaí socrú ar litriú sásúil, b’fhéidir, agus b’éasca a leithéid a atuiscint mar *Ó Céillí /kʹeːʟʹi/ < céillí “wise, prudent person”.
B’fhéidir gur iarracht den ghaelú ad hoc atá againn in 1650c ‘mac Giolla Phádraig ó Bhaile Í Cheallaigh’ sa Leabhar Muimhneach; ní thagann an chuid eile den fhianaise go rómhaith le Ó Ceallaigh.
Centrepoint
Historical references
1533 |
Ballykeely
Dermot MacGillipatrik
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COD Imleabhar: iv, 191
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1566 |
Ballykelly
Teig O'Pholane m'Eprior
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F Leathanach: 897
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1571 |
Ballykelye
Earl of Ormond
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COD Imleabhar: v, 181, Leathanach: 200
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1571 |
Ballykely
Barnabas FitzPatrick
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COD Imleabhar: v, 183
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1576 |
Ballykelly
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COD Imleabhar: V, Alt: 181, Leathanach: 203
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1600c |
a mbaile i cheilli
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RIA 23 N 16 Leathanach: 35v
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1601 |
Ballekelly
Laughlin O Hellan
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F Leathanach: 6551
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1613 |
Ballikely
Shane McKeallagh Fitz-Patrick
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 J I
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1621 |
Ballikealye
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 19 J I
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1650c. |
ó Bhaile Í Cheallaigh
'Ceallach ó ...'; Gein. Mhic Giolla Phádraig
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LM Leathanach: 274
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1655 |
Ballekealy
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1655 |
Ballykeally
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1659 |
Ballirely
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Cen. Leathanach: 493
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1660c |
Ballykealy
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BSD (La) Leathanach: 130
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1667 |
Ballikealy and Ballyduffe
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ASE Leathanach: 121
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1685 |
Ballenkeole
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1805 |
Ballykealy
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1838 |
Ballykeely
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Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykealey
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BS:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
[Ballykealy]
"…two Danish forts, an old castle in ruins…"
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Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykeally
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DS:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Gannon, C.:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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GJP 1836:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykeely
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HCSV:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballikely, Ballikealye
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Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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OD:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Lodge, R.:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838y |
Baile Uí Chaéluidhe, 'O'Kealy's town'
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OD:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Pratt, S.:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Price, Rev.T.:AL Leathanach: La006,4
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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BS:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838 |
Ballykrley
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Aher Map:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Butler, T.:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Collas, R.:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Delany, W.:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Mease, Rev. J.:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Power, Rev. R.:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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Fitzpatrick, W.:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838x |
Baile chaolaigh, Baile chealaidh
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pl:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838y |
Baile Chaelaidhe, 'Kealy's town'
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OD:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1838 |
Ballykealy
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OD:AL Leathanach: La004,5
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1905 |
In Irish it is called Bollee-chaelee i.e. Baile Ui Chaelluidhe
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Carrigan Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 228
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2004 |
baliˑˈkiːliˑ
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2005 |
Baile Uí Cheallaigh
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FSÁG Imleabhar: 2, Leathanach: 62
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2006 |
balinˈkle:
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