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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the town of the son of Ruairí
Ruairí — ainm pearsantaBhí an t-ainm Ruairí comónta i measc mhuintir Dhuinn (m.sh. 1427 ‘Ruaidhri ua duinn taoiseach ua riaccain’ ARÉ IV 870).
Baile fearainn beag is ea é seo (40 acra), ach ar léarscáil an Down Survey chlúdaigh 1655 ‘Ballimcrory’ é seo agus bf An Ghléib (#28678) laistiar (165 acra) araon.
Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
Díol spéise caomhnú an -th- /h/ láir sa mhionainm Glenlahan River SO < An Gleann Leathan “the wide glen”, a ritheann anuas ó Shliabh Bladhma anseo. Is minic an foghar seo caillte i logainmneacha béarlaithe an chontae seo agus fadú cúitimh a theacht ina áit.Ainmneacha stairiúla:
- Is é an talamh ar gach taobh den ghleann thuas, bf Baile Mhic Ruairí san áireamh, a bhí i gceist sa cheathrúin darbh ainm 1607 ‘Kilregrallagh’, ‘Killingrallagh’, ‘Killnegrallagh, ‘Killtegrallagh’, 1607/8 ‘Killnegrallagha’, ‘Killnegrallagh’, 1608/9 ‘Killtegrallaghe’, ‘Killnegrallaghe alias Kiltegralaghe’, ‘Killngrallagha alias Kiltegrallaghe’, 1609 ‘Killtegrallagh’ CPR, 1622 ‘Kilnagrealcha’, ‘Killnegrallaghe’, 1637/8 ‘Koilltegrallagh alias Killnegrellagh’, 1638 ‘Kiltegrellagh’, 1639 ‘Killnegrallagh’, ‘Killnegrallagh’, ‘Coltegrelagh’ < Coillte Greallach “woods of (the) mires” nó Coill na Greallcha “the wood of the mire” (féach www.dil.ie s.v. 1 grellach agus cf. Ó Crualaoich, Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV (LG) s.n. Ballynagrallagh).
- Áit eile taobh leis seo ab ea 1607 ‘Ballimickmullmore’, 1629 ‘Ballymcmulrony’, 1637/8 ‘Ballemolmore’, 1660c ‘Gleabe Land — Ballymcrory and Ballymcmullmory’ < Baile Mhic Mhaolmhuire (?) “the town of the son of Maolmhuire (ainm pearsanta)”. Cf. 1607 ‘Mulmore mcCarroll’, 1607 ‘Edmond mcMulmorie’ luaite faoi bf Doire (#28543).
Centrepoint
Historical references
1607 |
Ballimickrory
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 23
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1629 |
BallymcRory
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 176
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1655 |
Ballimcrory
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1660c |
BallymcRory & Ballymullmory
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BSD (La) Leathanach: 121
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1685 |
Ballimc Rory
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1823 |
Ballimacrory
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1823 |
Ballymacrory
innéacs
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1838 |
Ballymacrory
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BS:AL Leathanach: La054,5
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1838 |
Ballymacrory
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Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La054,5
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1838 |
Ballimcrory
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DS:AL Leathanach: La054,5
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1838 |
Baile Mhic Ruaidhri, 'town of the son of Rory'
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OD:AL Leathanach: La054,5
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1838 |
Ballymacrory
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OD:AL Leathanach: La054,5
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1997 |
ˌbaliːməˈkroːriː
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Áit. Uimhir : C897b2
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2005 |
baliˑmakˈroːri
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