BROWSE
towntownland
Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra
genitive: Bhaile Chaisleáin Bhéarra
(Irish)
Castletownbere
(English)
Castletown Bearhaven
(English)

Other names

Castletown Bere
local name (What is this?)
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead
English castle

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra ‘the castle-town of Béarra’

  • English

    Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra ‘the castle-town of Béarra’

    The meaning of Béarra (earlier Béirre), the Irish name for the Bear Peninsula, is unclear.

Centrepoint

51.6509, -9.92193latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1841
Castletown
BS:AL Leathanach: Co220,32
1841
Castletown
CM:AL Leathanach: Co220,32
1841
Castletown Berehaven
Local:AL Leathanach: Co220,32
1841
Castletown
O'Sullivan, P.:AL Leathanach: Co220,32
1841
Castletown alias Castledermot
Smith:AL Leathanach: Co220,32
1841y
Baile an chaisleáin, 'town of the castle'
OD:AL Leathanach: Co220,32
1841z
Castletown Bearhaven
OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: Co220,32

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