An Baile Láir/Middletown

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townland

An Baile Láir

genitive: an Bhaile Láir

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(Irish)

Middletown

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Ceara/Carra

civil parish

Cill Dachomóg/Kildacommoge

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the middle town
Féach an taifead cartlainne, mar a bhfuil an fhoirm 'baile láir' a breacadh síos ó chainteoirí Gaeilge na háite in 1838 (pl:AL), "of which Middletown is a translation" dar le Seán Ó Donnabháin. Ní sine an t-ainm Béarla ná an 19ú ach go háirithe
English

the middle town
See the archival records, which show the form 'baile láir' as taken down from local Irish speakers in 1838 (pl:AL), "of which Middletown is a translation", according to John O'Donovan's note. The English name is no older than the 19th century

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53.8535, -9.16694latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1617	Lislieh	CPR Leathanach: 330 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1635	Lislia 1 qr.	Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: §316V The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo (RIA MS 24 E 15) Foilsitheoir: Irish Manuscripts Commission, Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Údar: William O’Sullivan , Bliain foilsithe: 1958
1661	Lisleagh 1 Qr.	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 162 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1677	Lisleagh 1 qr.	ASE Leathanach: 245 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Lisleagh	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1710c	Lissleagh	CRL Leathanach: 2A.3.16, 38b, 57 Crown Rental of Lands.
1730	Lisleigh	CGn. Imleabhar: 65.273.45467 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1770	Lisleigh, Lisleagh... Lislea	CGn. Imleabhar: 273.581.180617 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1787	Lissleagh	QRL Leathanach: 2A.6.69, 67 Quit Rent Ledgers
1807	Lissleigh als Lisleagh	Fitzgerald Title “Abstract of Title of Fitzgerald Turlough Estate, Barony of Carra”, 1807; NA Acc. 1165/2/1.
1830	Midletown	Bald Leathanach: 14 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
1838	Middletown [Baronial Map]	Bald:AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in AL
1838	Midletown [Engraved Map]	Bald:AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in AL
1838	Middletown	Hart, Rev. G. :AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 Hart, Rev. G. :AL
1838	Middletown	McGreal, Rev. P.:AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 McGreal, Rev. P.:AL
1838	Baile láir, 'middle-town' "…of which Middletown is a translation."	OD:AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 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	Baile láir	pl:AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Middletown	OC:AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 Leagan Gaeilge nó Béarla a scríobh Tomás Ó Conchúir in AL/Irish or English form written by Thomas O'Conor in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	[Middletown] "2 forts in this townland."	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Middletown	BS:AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Middletown [Co. Map]	Bald:AL Leathanach: B037,1,59 William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in AL

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