Baile na Cloiche/Stonestown

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Hierarchy

townland

Baile na Cloiche

genitive: Bhaile na Cloiche

validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Stonestown

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

cloch, cloich

English stone, stone building

Hierarchy

county

Uíbh Fhailí/Offaly

barony

Garraí an Chaisleáin/Garrycastle

civil parish

Gailinne/Gallen

Explanatory note

English

the town(land) of the stone building
The Irish name is recorded in an entry dated 1548 in the Annals of the Four Masters
English

the town(land) of the stone building
Tá an t-ainm Gaeilge le fáil in iontráil faoin mbliain 1548 in Annála na gCeithre Mháistrí

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53.2112, -7.84728latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1548	i mBaile na Cloiche	ARÉ Leathanach: V, 1510 Annála Ríoghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters I-VII, ed. J. O'Donovan (an 2ú heagrán, 1856). BÁC Bliain: 300–1636, Nóta eolais: , Údar: John O'Donovan
1602	Stontown	F Leathanach: 6618 Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1655-7	Stonestowne	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Stones towne	Cen. Leathanach: 443 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660c	Stonestowne	BSD (UF) Leathanach: 36 Books of Survey and Distribution, County Offaly Áit: Cartlann Náisiúnta
1666	Stonehouse	ASE Leathanach: 73 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Stonestowne	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1837	Stones Town	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1837	Baile na Cloiche (4 Masters)	OD:AL 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

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