BROWSE
townland
Baile na Coille
genitive: Bhaile na Coille
(Irish)
Ballynakill
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead
coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

electoral division

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of the wood

    Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
    Léirítear an fo-bhaile Knockvorlagh SO (1838 ‘Knockoorlagh’ Old Map:AL) ar an gcnoc 255m i dtuaisceart an bhaile fearainn. Ní léir a cheartfhoirm Ghaeilge — b’fhéidir Cnoc Fhornocht “the hill of Fornocht (eilimint a chiallaíonn féin “bare hill”)” le díshamhlú -n-r-n- > -n-r-l-. Tá lomán carraige ar bharra an chnoic seo (www.epa.ie). Cf. samplaí eile de fornocht “bare hill” ar fud na tíre agus an struchtúr céanna in bf Cnoc Fhornocht (#23176) i gCiarraí.

    Ach b’fhiú Cnoc an Fhuarlaigh “the hill of the freshet” a chur i gcás chomh maith — cf. 1654c ‘Knockforlagh’ faoi bf Cnoc na Raithní (#28179) i dTulaigh Ó mBuí. Cf. bf An Fuarlach (#52212) i Loch Garman (pléite in Ó Crualaoich, Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV s.n. Worlough; cf. FGB fuarlach).

Centrepoint

52.8852, -7.68482latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1563
Ballinekill
F Leathanach: 538
1585
Ballinekill
Terence M'Donnell
F Leathanach: 4747
1602
Ballinekill
Faragh m'Tirlagh
F Leathanach: 6593
1627
Ballinekill
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 C I
1632
Ballynekillye
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 13 C I
1659
Ballinakill and Aghnecros
Cen. Leathanach: 500
1660c
Ballinekill & Aghanacross
BSD (La) Leathanach: 82
1838
Baile na coille, 'town of the wood'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballynakill
OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballinakill
BS:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballinakill
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballynakill
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballinkil
"Sub-denomination called 'Knockoorlogh' on old map." [Gale]
Old Map:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Baile na coille, 'town of the wood'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballinakill
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballynakill
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballynekill, Ballynekilly, Ballynekillye, Ballynakill
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballynekill
Inq. C II:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballinkil
"Sub-denomination called 'Knockoorlogh' on old map." [Gale]
Old Map:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballynakill
OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballynekill, Ballynekilly, Ballynekillye, Ballynakill
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballynekill
Inq. C II:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
1838
Ballinakill
BS:AL Leathanach: LA032,27
2006
balnəˈkil
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