BROWSE
townland
Baile an Bhuitléaraigh
genitive: Bhaile an Bhuitléaraigh
(Irish)
Butlerstown
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    town(land) of An Buitléarach


    An Buitléarach – leagan Gaeilge den tsloinne Angla-Normannach le Boteller.
    Tá siad fianaithe go luath i measc Angla-Normannaigh Chontae na Mí.

  • English

    town(land) of An Buitléarach


    An Buitléarach – Irish form of the Anglo-Norman surname le Boteller.
    They are attested early amongst the Anglo-Normans of County Meath.

Centrepoint

53.7967, -6.74388latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1617
Butlerston
ter' Joh' Drake in Butlerston
Inq. Lag. JI 21
1630
Butlerston
Inq. Lag. CI 62
1655
Butlerstowne
DS
1666c
Buttlerstowne
BSD (Mí)
1669
Butlerstowne
1. JAMES Duke of YORK…. Avilstowne, 96 a. ; bar. Slane…Lagath (part), 100 a. ; bar. Murgallen…Tombridgtowne (part), 78 a.—Moylagh (part), 56a. Balltrasnagh, 22 a.; bar. Half-Fore, same co.—Little Boolyes (part), 28a.; bar. Duleek…Monalvy (part), 180 a.; bar. Deece…Bryardstowne, 244a.; bar. Navan…Butlerstowne (part), 24 a.—Newtowne, 132a. —Wilkinstowne (part), 46 a. ; bar. Morgallen, ASE 189
ASE
1669
Butlerstowne
35. ERASMUS SMITH esq. -In Bryanstowne, 84 a… bar. Slane… to hold this for the life of Oliver Lord Lowth, and no longer. <br> —in Butlerstowne, 98 a…bar. Morgallion…<br> Gallestowne, 241a…Kenraghstowne, 240 a…bar. Deece…to hold these for the life of Hugh Hussey, Kildare. and no longer. ASE 214
ASE
1678
Butlerstowne
28 JAS FLEMING of Stahalmock, co. Meath, esq… Rathhood and Little Rath, with y' hamletts, 327 a.—a mortgage of 60f. on Drake’s part of Butlerstowne, 98 a.; bar. Moghergallion, same co—a mortgage in fee or 500f. upon Killadine, 193 a. 2 r. prof. 8 a. un- prof—Cadlestowne and Mullaghnullin, 55 a. 2 r. ; bar. Slane ASE 158
ASE
1685
Butlerstowne
Lodge MSS NAI Lodge/8/692
1685c
Buttlerstowne
Hib. Del.
1690
Butlerstowne
126 acr
Inq. Lag. Gul & Mar 1
1700
Buttlerstowne
Forf. Prop.
1812
Butlerstown
Larkin (Mí)
1829
Butlerstown
TAB
1836
Butlerstown
Read, T.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerstown
BS:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerstown
Larkin (Mí):AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerstown
Carty, Rev. H.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerstown
Andrews, W.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerstown
Harkin, T.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerston
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerston
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerstowne
Inq. C II:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerstown
Boylan, W.:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerstown
Blake:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2
1836
Butlerstown
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí032,2

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