BROWSE
townland
Baile na Bearna
genitive: Bhaile na Bearna
(Irish)
Ballynabarny
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    ‘the town(land) of the gap, pass’
    Luíonn an baile fearainn seo i mbearna. Tá an baile fearainn suite idir dhá ard agus tá sé scoilte ina dhá leath ag an Bhóinn, tá an talamh ar an dá thaobh de síos le fána go dtí an abhainn.

  • English

    ‘the town(land) of the gap, pass’
    This townland lies in a gap. The townland is situated between two hills and is split in two by the Boyne, the land on both sides of it slopes down to the river.

Centrepoint

53.4597, -6.96475latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1622
Ballibarne
Ballibarne Anaghe and Moyden or Moydrome in the said Countie contayning cliᵗᶜ acres or thereaboutes in the parish of Clonard leased by Brᵖ Brady xxiiijᵗʰ Februarii anno 1578 to George Fitz Gerrald for lxj yeares for iiiᶫ Ir. or xlvˢ ster p annũ. A reuerĉon of the same graunted by Bpᵖ Jones to Sr Edward Fitz Garrald knight xx⁹ᵗʰ Maij A⁰ 1605 for cj yeares to begin after the expiracõu of the former lease paying yearely iiijᶫ Ir. or iijᶫ ster.
Ussher's Works Imleabhar i. Aguisín v. liv
1655-7
Ballinabarny
DS
1655-7
Ballinabarney
Sr Luke Fitzgerald Ir Pa... ppr. 328 ... [acres].
DS (P, TCD)
1660
Ballinbarne (Henry Hoskins)
Hoskins, Henry, Ballinbarne, co. Meath, gent. <br> Prerogrative Wills 237
Prerogative Wills
1666c
Ballynabarny
Luke Fitzgerald ... Geo Fitz Gerrald
BSD (Mí)
1737
Ballinbarney
Joseph Ashe of Ashfield ... Davys ... Ballinbarney (335a)
CGn. 90.104.63159
1812 (1817)
Ballybarny, Ballybarney
Larkin (Mí)
1824
Balnabarny
TAB
1836
Ballinabarney
DS Map:AL Leathanach: Mí016,25
1836
Baile na beárna, 'town of the gap'
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí016,25
1836
Ballynabarny
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí016,25
1836
Ballinabarney
BS:AL Leathanach: Mí016,25
1836
Ballybarny
HCSV:AL Leathanach: Mí016,25
1836
Ballinabarny
DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: Mí016,25

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