BROWSE
townland
Baile na nGall
genitive: Bhaile na nGall
(Irish)
Balnagall
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead
English foreigner; standing stone

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.7841, -7.5121latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1587
Ballengall (O Ferall Bane)
F Leathanach: 5062
1587
Cartron Ballengall (Wm. O Ferralll Bane)
F Leathanach: 5107
1604
Ballnegall
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 Jac.1
1612
Ballnegall
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1612
Ballynegall
CPR Leathanach: 245a
1620
the 2 Ballynegalls
CPR Leathanach: 452a
1629
Ballingall
Cotton Map
1632
Ballynegalls
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 9 Car.1
c.1660
Ballnegall
BSD Leathanach: 161
1722
Balnegals
CGn. Leathanach: 40.159.24764
1813
Balnagall
Edgeworth
1836
Balnagall
BS:AL
1836
baile na ngall, “English town”
OD:AL
1836
Balnagall
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Balnagall
Greville Maps:AL
1908
Ballynagall, Baile na nGall, “town of the foreigners”
MacGivney Leathanach: 43
2007
balnəˈgɑːl
Áit.

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