Baile na Páirce Theas/Townparks South

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Hierarchy

townland

Baile na Páirce Theas

genitive: Bhaile na Páirce Theas

(Irish)

Townparks South

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

An Mhí/Meath

barony

Maigh Fionnráithe Íochtarach/Moyfenrath Lower

civil parish

Baile Átha Troim/Trim

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

‘the town(land) of the park, south’.
Cé gurb é Páirceanna an Bhaile Theas an gnáthaistriúchán de Townparks South, léiríonn a leithéid de Parktown [ows] Ballynapark’ (1782) gurbh é Baile na Páirce an leagan Gaeilge a bhí ar Townparks i mBaile Átha Troim.
English

‘the town(land) of the park, south’.
While Townparks South would typically be translated as Páirceanna an Bhaile Theas, historical references such as 'Parktown [ows] Ballynapark’ (1782) show that Baile na Páirce was the Irish form of Townparks in Trim.

Centrepoint

53.5544, -6.79441latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1540c	Parketowne Villata de Parketowne … Et quod Johannes Kellye … in villata de Parketowne <br> Villata de Leytowne <br> Et quod sunt in villata de Leytowne … Nicholaus Madock … Crown Survey 56	Crown Surv. Crown Surveys of Lands 1540-41 with the Kildare Rental Begun in 1518 ed. Gearóid Mac Niocaill (Dublin, 1992) Pubref: Irish Manuscripts Commission
1624	Parktowne, alias Ballinparke Sir James Craige having by deed, dated 10th December, 1624, appointed Sir Adam Loftus, of Rathfernam ... Parktowne, alias Ballinparke, Leyton, alias Balleneferagh, Steepleton, Carbragh	Eccles. Trim. 122 Butler, R. (1861) Notices of the castle of the ecclesiastical buildings of Trim: led from various authorities. 4th ed. Dublin: Hodges, Smith & Co., 104 Grafton-Street. Richard Butler Dean Of Clonmacnoise
1667	Parktown, alias Ballynepark, alias Trim Park The town and lands of Parktown, alias Ballynepark, alias Trim Park, 30 acres.	Eccles. Trim. 131 Butler, R. (1861) Notices of the castle of the ecclesiastical buildings of Trim: led from various authorities. 4th ed. Dublin: Hodges, Smith & Co., 104 Grafton-Street. Richard Butler Dean Of Clonmacnoise
1720	Park Town als Ballynepark als Trim Park	CGn. 25.567.16288 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1720	Park Towne als Ballynpark als Trim park	CGn. 25.560.16290 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1737	Parktown als Ballynepark als Trim Park	CGn. 92.447.65277 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1782	Parktown [otherwise] Ballynapark [otherwise] Trim Park	CGn. ROD PR/TB/1/347/231477 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1827	Townparks	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	Town Parks	BS:AL Leathanach: Mí111,34 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Town Parks	Rec. Name:AL Leathanach: Mí111,34 Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí

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