BROWSE
townland
Baile na mBruthnóg Theas
genitive: Bhaile na mBruthnóg Theas
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ballybronoge South
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of the smelt-furnaces?
    bruthnóg — foirm de bruithneog; féach A Dictionary of the Irish Language (www.dil.ie) s.v. bruithne

    D'fhéadfadh sé freisin gurb é an sloinne Angla-Normannach Brachnok (< Brycheiniog, logainm Breatnaise) atá sa cháilitheoir.

  • English

    the town of the smelt-furnaces?
    bruthnóg — a form of bruithneog; see A Dictionary of the Irish Language (www.dil.ie) s.v. bruithne

    The second element could also be from the Anglo-Norman surname Brachnok (from the Welsh placename Brycheiniog).

Centrepoint

52.5827, -8.72731latitude, longitude
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