BROWSE
townland
Baile Foighil
genitive: Bhaile Foighil
(Irish)
Ballyfoyle
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of Foighil
    Foighil — sloinne Angla-Normannach?

    Tá baint ag an sloinne Angla-Normannach Foyle leis an gcontae seo (féach Griffith’s Valuation; cf. MacLysaght, Supplement to Irish Families) agus measaimid go bhféadfadh sé gurb é an sloinne sin atá sa cháilitheoir anseo. (Féach go bhfuil cur síos ar ‘Moated site’ anseo san Fhardal Seandálaíochta www.archaeology.ie — is minic a fhaightear sloinnte Angla-Normannacha i logainmneacha mar a bhfuil a leithéid le fáil.) Féach leis 1297 ‘Walter de Wylle ... the cantred of Leys’ CJR. B’fhéidir gur leagan de Will é sin ar ndóigh.

    Níl Baile an Phoill “the town of the hole, pool, inlet” le cur as an áireamh ar fad, b’fhéidir, cé nach réiteodh foirmeacha an 16ú haois in ‘-whylle’, ‘-whille’ go rómhaith leis sin. Cf. an plé ag Ó Crualaoich faoin téarma poll “pill” in Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV (LG) s.nn. Ballinphile, Mountpill. Cf. leis bf Cill Mhaolphóil (#28041) in Achadh Bhó.

Centrepoint

52.9199, -6.95045latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1571
Ballewhylle, Kylleban alias
John Hovynden
F Leathanach: 1698
1578
Ballewhille, Killeban alias
F Leathanach: 3358
1578
Ballifoile
F Leathanach: 3497
1594
Ballefile
John Hovenden
F Leathanach: 5895
1615
Ballefoile
CPR Leathanach: 276
1621
Ballyfoyle
CPR Leathanach: 528
1637
Ballefoyle, Killeane al' Ballewhite al'
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 28 C I
1637
Ballewhite al' Ballefoyle, Killebane al'
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 28 C I
1642
Ballifojle
Dep. 1641
1646
Ballefoyle, Killebane al' Ballewhite al'
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 33 C I
1646
Ballewhite al' Ballefoyle, Killebane al'
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 33 C I
1655
Ballifoyle
DS
1655
Ballifoile
DS Par. (Reeves)
1659
Ballefoyle
Cen. Leathanach: 502
1660c
Ballefoyle
BSD (La) Leathanach: 110
1666
Ballyfoyle
ASE Leathanach: 79
1685
B: foyle
Hib. Del.
1805
Ballyfoyle
Cahill (La)
1838
Ballyfoyle
BS:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Ballyfoile
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Ballyfoyle
Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Ballyfoile
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
"...Killebane al' Ballewhite al' Ballefoyle, Ballyfoyle."
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Baile phoill, 'town of the hole, or pit'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Ballyfoyle
OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Ballyfoyle
BS:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Ballyfoile
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Ballyfoyle
Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Ballyfoile
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
"...Killebane al' Ballewhite al' Ballefoyle, Ballyfoyle."
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Baile phoill, 'town of the hole, or pit'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
1838
Ballyfoyle
OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,15
2006
baləˈfɔil
Áit.
2006
baliˑˈfəil
Áit.

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