BROWSE
townland
Baile an Doirín
genitive: Bhaile an Doirín
(Irish)
Ballinderrin
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    ‘the town(land) of the little (oak-)grove’

  • English

    ‘the town(land) of the little (oak-)grove’

Centrepoint

53.4237, -6.79914latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1566
Ballendyrne
(Gerald, Earl of Kildare… Gerald Sutton…)
CPCR
1709
Ballinderrin
George Aylmer of Lyons in the County of Kildare ... John Corrent of Ballinderrin in the County of Meath ... Ballinderrin (190a)
CGn. 8.207.2619
1781
Ballinderrin
James Aylmer Ballinderrin
Freeholders (Mí)
1812 (1817)
Ballinderrin
Larkin (Mí)
1826
Ballinderrin
TAB
1836
Ballinderrin
BS:AL Leathanach: Mí094,21
1836
Ballinderrin
Larkin (Mí):AL Leathanach: Mí094,21
1836
Ballinderrin
Grand Warrant 1829:AL Leathanach: Mí094,21
1836
Ballinderrin
GJ Warrant 1835:AL Leathanach: Mí094,21
1836
Baile an Doirín, 'town of the small Derry, or oak wood'
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí094,21
1836
Ballinderrin
"Made 'derreen' in Connaught." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí094,21

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