An Baile Fionn Uachtarach/Ballyfin Upper

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Hierarchy

townland

An Baile Fionn Uachtarach

genitive: an Bhaile Fhinn Uachtaraigh

(Irish)

Ballyfin Upper

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

fionn, finne

English white

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Port Laoise Thiar/Maryborough West

civil parish

Cluain Eidhneach agus Cluain Caoin/Clonenagh and Clonagheen

Explanatory note

Gaeilge
Taobh thiar theas de bf An Baile Fionn. (Maidir le uachtarach “upper” a fhreagairt do ‘deisceart’ i logainmneacha, cf. an nóta faoin ainm bar An Choill Uachtarach (#125).)

Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
1. Ar theorainn thuaidh an bhaile fearainn seo tá abh Abhainn Easa “river of (the) waterfall” (#116477), abhainn choigríche idir Laoighis agus dúiche Ó Riagáin (bar Tigh na hInse #131) in Uí Fhailghe.
2. Ritheann Owennahallia River SO < Abhainn na hAille “the river of the cliff, precipice” soir le fánaidh ó sl Conlán (#1417410) tríd an mbaile fearainn.

Centrepoint

53.0628, -7.46171latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1805	Upper Ballyfin	Cahill (La) Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois le Denis Cahill TCD 16H18(1-4)
1838	Upper Ballyfin	BS:AL Leathanach: LA016,99 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Ballyfin	CM:AL Leathanach: LA016,99 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	[Upper Ballyfin] "…'Conlawn Hill' is in the centre."	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: LA016,99 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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