BROWSE
townland
An Leathbhaile
genitive: an Leathbhaile
(Irish)
Levally
(English)

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the half-town

    Thabharfadh an fhoirm is luaithe, 1542 ‘Laghbally’, le fios go raibh foghar -ch /x/ ag -th leathan deiridh fiú amháin sa chomhfhocal seo (cf. bf An Ráithín Liath (#27886)).

Centrepoint

52.8352, -7.5705latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1542
Laghbally
COD Imleabhar: iv, 278
1655
Laually
DS
1655
Laghnally
DS Par. (Reeves)
1659
Sraghvally
??
Cen. Leathanach: 493
1660c
Lavally
BSD (La) Leathanach: 138
1667
Lavally
ASE Leathanach: 130
1669
Lavally alias Loughvally
ASE Leathanach: 214
1778
Levally
T&S Leathanach: 161
1805
Levally
Cahill (La)
1838
Levally
[1834]
Pettigrew Dir.:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Lavally
DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Laghnally
DS Map:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Lavally
Moore, Rev.:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Lavally
Brenan, Rev. T.:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Lavally
GJP:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Levalley
Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Levally
HCSV:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Levally
"'Levally' has been made general in Connaught and Ulster."
OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Leath bhaile, 'half town'
OD:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Leath bhaile
pl:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Lavally
BS:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Lavally
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
1838
Lavally
Butler, W.:AL Leathanach: C021,1,7
2004
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2004
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