BROWSE
townland
Baile Lú
genitive: Bhaile Lú
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Balloo
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of Lugh
    Lugh — ainm pearsanta.
    ( — litriú caighdeánaithe de Lugha, foirm an ghinidigh den ainm.)

  • English

    the town of Lugh
    Lugh — personal name.
    ( — standardised spelling of Lugha, the genitive form of the name.)

Centrepoint

53.7209, -7.46955latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1612
Ballow
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1612
Ballow
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1620
Ballow
CPR Leathanach: 538a
1629
Ballou
Cotton Map
1654-56
Ballow
CS X Leathanach: 46
1659
Ballow
Cen. Leathanach: 454
c.1660
Bullow
BSD Leathanach: 151
1668
Ballow
ASE Leathanach: 139
1813
Balloe
Edgeworth
1836
Ballew
BS:AL
1836
Balloe
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Bullow
DS:AL
1836
Ballow
Inq. J I:AL
1836
Bal lúgh, “Lewy’s town, villa Lugadii”
OD:AL
1836
bail oo
pl:AL
1836
Balloo [‘ew’ os cionn an ‘oo’ ach scriosta]
Rec. Name:AL
1836
See Indexes for several precedents
OD:AL
1836
See Indexes for several precedents
OD:AL
1836
Ballew
Rent Bk.:AL
1908
Bail’ Lúgh, “Lewy’s town – O’ Donovan”
MacGivney Leathanach: 46
1965
Baile Lughaidh
Cártaí Móra
2007
baˈluː
Áit.

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