Baile na Léana/Meadstown

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Hierarchy

townland

Baile na Léana

genitive: Bhaile na Léana

(Irish)

Meadstown

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

An Mhí/Meath

barony

An Uaimh Uachtarach/Navan Upper

civil parish

Cluain Mhic an Duibh/Clonmacduff

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

'the town(land) of the meadow'

Ní sloinne a thagann roimh -town sa logainm Meadstown ach ainmfhocal, de réir na foirme Gaeilge a cuireadh síos in Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis: Baile na Leunadh Ainmleabhar, scríofa le dúch (1836). ‘Meadstowne’ a fhaightear i Civil Survey an chontae, 1654–55. Is aistriúchán é léana ar ‘mead’ de réir dealraimh.
Cé gur ainmfhocal firinscneach é léana go caighdeánach, is léir gur caitheamh leis mar ainmfhocal baininscneach sa cheantar seo. Tá an fhoirm bhaininscneach de léana fianaithe in Ultaibh sa logainm Baile na Léana/Ballynaleney i gcontae Aontroma (McKay, P. (1995): Place-Names of Northern Ireland vol. 4 p. 33).
English

'the town(land) of the meadow'

It is not a surname that comes before -town in the placename Meadstown but rather, a noun, according to the Irish form recorded in the Ordnance Survey Parish Name Book: Baile na Leunadh Ainmleabhar, written in ink (1836). ‘Meadstowne’ appears in the Civil Survey of the county, 1654–55. The Irish léana appears to be a translation of ‘mead’.
Although léana is typically a masculine noun, it is clear that it was treated as a feminine noun in this area. The feminine form of léana is attested in Ulster in the placename Baile na Léana/Ballynaleney in County Antrim (McKay, P. (1995): Place-Names of Northern Ireland vol. 4 p. 33).

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53.6138, -6.8002latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1642	Maids towne fol. 127r … Abraham Nutow late of Courtstowne … was robbed of all his goods … by Patricke Montelly of the same towne ffarmer Synitan Hane of the same … Taylor Richard Reyley & his brother Andrew Reyley of Tullohagns towne gentleman Turlogh Roe of Maids towne ffarmer … Danyell Duran of the same Danyell Macker of the same Moris Colligan of Dunderye weauer … Martij 1641 Depositions MS 816, fols 127r-127v	Dep. 1641 Teistíochtaí/Depositions 1641 Nóta: Cóipeanna ar mhicreascannáin de chuid na hoifige seo go hiondúil; féach leis http://1641.tcd.ie/ , Bliain: 1642–1652
1654	Meadstowne Earle of Fingall Irish Papist	CS V Civil Survey V, Co. Meath (ed. Simington, 1940) Bliain: 1654
1655	Meadstowne	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1665	Meadstown Richard Talbot to Joseph Williamson ... John Cheevers of Meadstown	Maoinchiste Annála Samhalta na hÉireann CSP TNA SP 63/319/212 Calendar of State Papers relating to Ireland, 1586-88 (ed. Hamilton); 1599-1600 (ed. Atkinson); 1615-25 (ed. Russell); 1625-32, 1666-69, 1669-70 (ed. Mahaffy).
1666c	Meadstown E of Fingall	BSD (Mí) Book of Survey and Distribution, County Meath Bliain: 1660c
1685	Meadstown	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1767	Meadoton Charles [Reilly], Meadoton, co. Meath. <br> Prerogrative Wills 395	Prerogative Wills Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810, ed. A. Vicars. Dublin 1897.
1779	Meadstown (Wm. [Chevers]) Wm. [Chevers], Meadstown, co. Meath, <br> Prerogrative Wills 86	Prerogative Wills Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810, ed. A. Vicars. Dublin 1897.
1813	Meadstown Lord Ludlow	Longfield Maps MS 21 F. 15 / (037) Longfield Map Collection by John Longfield, John Brownrigg, Thomas Murray et al, Land Surveyors, ca 1770-1840. An Leabharlann Náisiúnta (NLI), féach http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000282687
1821	Meadstown	Cen. 1821 (Virtual Treasury) Census of Ireland, 1821 - surviving original census returns Original census returns, salved after the destruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland in 1922.
1825	Meadstown Ardbraccan Parish	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1836	Meadstown	BS:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Meadstown	Co. Docket:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 Co. Docket, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Meadstown	Half Yearly Abstract:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 Half Yearly Abstract, foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Meadstown	CM:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Meadstown	HCSV:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1836	Meadstowne	DS Map:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 Down Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook).
1836	Baile na leunadh, 'meadow-town or town of the meadow'	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 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
1836	Baile na leunadh	pl:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Meadstown	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 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
1836	[Meadstown] "…ruins of 'Black Church' 1/2 mile south east of the church stands an old friary …'Courtown Friary'…"	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Mí018,10 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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