Béal an Átha/Ballina

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Béal an Átha

genitive: Bhéal an Átha

(Irish)

Ballina

(English)

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Ballinea

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Glossary

áth

English ford

béal

English opening, approach, mouth

Hierarchy

county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Tír Amhlaidh/Tirawley

civil parish

Cill Mhór Mhuaidhe/Kilmoremoy

Centrepoint

54.1148, -9.15858latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1617	Carowvellanaha	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: I.159 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1657c	Ballanahe 1 qr.	DS Leathanach: 222; Innéacs 208 Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1661	Ballanahe Land, The Upper qr of Bealeake als	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 164 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1685	Ballina	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1699	Ballyna als Ballyea	Arran Deeds Leathanach: 8 §32 “List of the Title Deeds &c. relating to the Estates of the Right Honble. Philip Yorke, Earl of Arran, in the possession of L. Dobbin & Co., October 1839... rewritten from various documents, 1586-” Áit: LN 14088
1714	Ballina	Moll Map A New Map of Ireland, divided into its Provinces, Counties and Baronies, wherein are distinguished the Bishoprics Bliain foilsithe: 1714, Údar: Hermon Moll
1721	Ballina	Price, Senex & Maxwell Price, Senex & Maxwell, A Correct Map of Ireland Divided into it's Provinces, Counties & Baronies, Shewing the Roads and the Distances of Places in Computed miles by Inspection where Barraques are Erected &c.
1742	Ballina, town and lands of Bealeek orw.	CGn. Imleabhar: 108.95.74765 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1743	Ballina, John Ball [of]	Palmer Est. Leathanach: 1174/1/2/26 Palmer Estate Papers Áit: CN Accession no. 1174 (1620c-
1745	Ballina, Oliver Bourke [of]	Palmer Est. Leathanach: 1174/1/9viii Palmer Estate Papers Áit: CN Accession no. 1174 (1620c-
1745	Ballina, Richard Bourke [of]	Palmer Est. Leathanach: 1174/1/13iii Palmer Estate Papers Áit: CN Accession no. 1174 (1620c-
1749	Ballina, Bealick otherwise	Arran Deeds Leathanach: 15 §54 “List of the Title Deeds &c. relating to the Estates of the Right Honble. Philip Yorke, Earl of Arran, in the possession of L. Dobbin & Co., October 1839... rewritten from various documents, 1586-” Áit: LN 14088
1752	Ballina, Bealeek orw.	CGn. Imleabhar: 148.455.101478 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1752	Ballina, the Commons of	CGn. Imleabhar: 159.21.105884 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1752	Balina	Pococke Leathanach: 80 Pococke’s Tour in Ireland in 1752 Bliain: 1891, Údar: George T. Stokes , Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1752	Ballina	Pococke Leathanach: 78, 79 Pococke’s Tour in Ireland in 1752 Bliain: 1891, Údar: George T. Stokes , Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1762	Bellana	Palmer Est. Leathanach: 1174/1/6x, 9xi Palmer Estate Papers Áit: CN Accession no. 1174 (1620c-
1767	Ballina, Geo. Atkinson of	CGn. Imleabhar: 260.618.175824 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1771	Ballena	Misc. Vaticano-Hib. Leathanach: 151 'Miscellanea Vaticano-Hibernica (1572-1585)' in Archivium Hibernicum, Im. 7 (1918 - 1921), lgh. 67-356.
1772	Ballina… Balina, Richard Dunbar of	CGn. Imleabhar: 289.361.191577 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1777	Ballina	T&S Leathanach: 225 Taylor & Skinner, Maps of the Roads of Ireland Surveyed 1777. Foilsiodh an leabhar seo i 1778. Bliain: 1778, Pubref: leabhar de mhapaí
1779	Ballina, Hen. Crofton of	CGn. Imleabhar: 419.190.273652 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1785	Balinia [sic], town of	CGn. Imleabhar: 368.141.246373 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1786	Ballina	Mon. Hib. Leathanach: 494 Monasticon Hibernicum (M. Archdall, 1786)
1788	Ballina	CGn. Imleabhar: 398.530.263589 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1793c	Ballina	Taylor Ire. A new map of Ireland having the great features of the country described in a manner highly expressive... by Alexander Taylor..., 1793; NLI 16 L 10(80).
1798c	Baylana	Jobit’s Journal Leathanach: 17, 19 Jobit’s Journal
1799c	Ballina	Little’s Diary Leathanach: 81, 97, 137 An dara dialann in “Two Diaries of the French Expedition”, ed. Nuala Costello, Anal. Hib. 11 (1941), 1-140.
1800	Ballina, Thomas West [of]	CN Leathanach: 1165/1/30 Foinse ón Chartlann Náisiúnta, uimhir thagartha leis. / Source in the National Archives, with reference number.
1800	Balina	Road Map Road Map of Cos Sligo and Mayo, with Dedication to Charles O’Hara the Younger, AD 1800. NLI 16 I 16(3);
1811	Ballina	Arrowsmith Léarscáil d'Éirinn, dréachta ag Aaron Arrowsmith, foilsithe 1811.
1830	Ballina	Bald William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in 25 sheets; surveyed between 1809 and 1817 and published in 1830 Bliain foilsithe: 1830
1835	Ballina, James Daly [of]	Palmer Est. Leathanach: 1174/1/12xviii, 12xix Palmer Estate Papers Áit: CN Accession no. 1174 (1620c-
1836	Ballina, Henry Joynt [of]	Palmer Est. Leathanach: 1174/1/2/52 Palmer Estate Papers Áit: CN Accession no. 1174 (1620c-
1838	Ballina	Bald:AL Leathanach: ME114,3 William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in AL
1838	Ballina	Query Bk.:AL (ME) Leathanach: ME114,3 Query Book, foinse in AL, Co. Mhaigh Eo / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Mayo.
1838	Carowvellanaha	Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: ME114,3 Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1838	Beal an átha, 'mouth of the ford'	OD:AL Leathanach: ME114,3 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Ballina	OD:AL Leathanach: ME114,3 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	[Ballina] "N.E. of townland which is called Upper Belleek, stands Belleek Castle, the residence of Edward Howley Esq." [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: ME114,3 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Ballina	Perkins, J.:AL Leathanach: ME114,3 Perkins, J.:AL
1838	Ballina	BS:AL Leathanach: ME114,3 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Ballina	Nimmo Map Killala Bay:AL Leathanach: ME114,3 Nimmo Map Killala Bay:AL
1838	Ballina	Atkinson, G.:AL Leathanach: ME114,3 Atkinson, G., faisnéiseoir in AL / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1838	Ballina	Atkinson, J.:AL (DG) Leathanach: ME114,3 Atkinson, J., faisnéiseoir in AL, Tír Aodha, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Tirhugh, Co. Donegal.

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