BROWSE
townland
Baile an Tiompáin
genitive: Bhaile an Tiompáin
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ballintempan
(English)

Other names

Stonefield
local name (What is this?)
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of the standing stone?
    'Gallán' is brí le tiompán de ghnáth i logainmneacha. Cé nach bhfuil aon tagairt dá leithéid anseo ag www.archaeology.ie, cf. an t-ainm áitiúil Béarla Stonefield

  • English

    the town of the standing stone?
    The usual meaning of tiompán in placenames is 'standing stone'. No such items are recorded here on www.archaeology.ie, but compare the local English name Stonefield

Centrepoint

53.6789, -7.82644latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
1620
Balletampane alias Monetampane (Gerald McKeady Farrall)
CPR Leathanach: 481b
1627
Ballentempan (Gerrott McKeadagh Ferrall)
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 Car.1
1629
Tempane
Cotton Map
1655
Ballintempan
DS
1659
Ballintanpan
Cen. Leathanach: 460
c1660
Ballintempan (Kedagh mcGarret ffarrell I.P.)
BSD Leathanach: 136
1746
Ballintampin (Robert Jessop)
Will Abstrs. Leathanach: 269
1749
Ballintampin (Francis Jessop)
Will Abstrs. Leathanach: 269
1813
Ballintampon
Edgeworth
1813
Ballintampon
Edgeworth
1836
Ballintample
BS:AL
1836
Ballintampan
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Baile an Teambpoll, “The Church Town”
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Ballintempan
DS:AL
1836
Baile an Tiompain
dúch:AL
1836
Baile an Tiompain, “town of the round hill”
OD:AL
1836
not from a church
Nóta:AL
1836
both names are common
pl:AL
1836
All under cultivation only a small portion of plantation
Desc. Rem.:AL
2008
ˈsdoːnfiːld
Áit.

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