BROWSE
townland
Baile na Scraithe
genitive: Bhaile na Scraithe
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ballynascraw
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Centrepoint

53.76, -7.60181latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1629
-------- [istigh le Clonbroney]
Cotton Map
1659
Ballinscraghy
Cen.
1710
Ballinscragh
CGn. Leathanach: 5.194.1546
1718
Ballynascra
CGn. Leathanach: 26.283.15479
1813
Ballinascraw
Edgeworth
1835
Ballinascraw
BS:AL
1835
Baile na sgrath, “villa cespitum, town of the swards”
OD:AL
1835
na scraw
pl:AL
1835
There is a small patch of Bog...the rest is under pasture and tillage
Desc. Rem.:AL
1835
Ballinascraw
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1908
Baile na Sgraithe, “town of the green sward”
MacGivney Leathanach: 44
2007
balnəsgrɑː
Áit.

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