BROWSE
townland
Baile Hoibín
genitive: Bhaile Hoibín
(Irish)
Hobbinstown
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • English

    The evidence for this English place-name points to derivation from a compound containing the name Hobbin + generic -town.

    The relatively common English surname Hobbin(s) is a diminutive of Hobb, itself a pet form of Robert (see Reaney, 1970 p.166). There are no unambiguous attestations of the surname among the Anglo-Normans in Ireland; one possible instance occurs in the place-name ‘Villa Obyn’ recorded in 1307 (apparently in Limerick; see CJR Edw.I p.517). Trisyllabic ‘Hobbeneistowne’ (1) shows the genitive marker -əs which was characteristic of the English dialect formerly spoken in South Wexford and elsewhere in the Pale (see CODDSTOWN, par. Ballymore). The first element could also represent the associated personal name Hobbin.

    The Irish form of the name proposed here is Baile Hoibín, which contains a gaelicised form of Hobbin. (Cf. BALLYHUBBOCK (#53270), par. Kilmuckridge; cf. also BPP p.60.)

    [Excerpt from Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV: Townland Names of County Wexford, 2016]

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Historical references

1627
Hobbeneistowne
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 21
1627
Hobbeneistowne (Joh’ Rawceter)
Inq. Lag. Alt: 21 CI
1653
Hobbinstowne (Thos. Rossetter)
Hore Imleabhar: IV, Leathanach: 364
1654
Hobbinstowne
CS (LG) Leathanach: 300
1654
Hobbinstowne (Thom. Rocesstor)
CS (LG) Imleabhar: IX, Leathanach: 300
1655-7
Hobinstowne
DS
1655
Hobinstowne
DS
1659
Hobbinstowne
Cen. Leathanach: 533
1659
Hobbins towne
Cen. Leathanach: 533
1660
Hobbinstowne (Tho. Rossetor)
BSD (LG) Leathanach: 71
1667
Hobbinstowne
ASE Leathanach: 144
1667
Hobbinstowne
ASE Leathanach: 144
1720
Hobbintown (Geering-Radford)
CGn. Imleabhar: 32, Leathanach: 12, Uimhir: 18699
1726
Hobbinstown (Knox-Monk)
CGn. Imleabhar: 50, Leathanach: 102, Uimhir: 32227
1812
Hobbinstown (Grogan – Brewster)
CGn. Imleabhar: 642, Leathanach: 168, Uimhir: 442278
1838
Hobbinstown
BS:AL
1838c
Hobbinstown
BS:AL
1840
Hobbinstown
BS:AL Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 15
1840
Hobbinstown
Freeholders:AL (LG) Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 15
1840
Hobbinstown
GJP:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 15
1840
Hobbinstown
OD:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach (AL): 15
1840
Hobbinstown
Patent 1667:AL (LG) Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 15

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