An Ballán/Bullaun

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An Ballán

ginideach: an Bhalláin

(Gaeilge)

Bullaun

(Béarla)

Ceannlitreacha

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Baile Locha Riach/Loughrea

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An Ballán/Bullaun

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An Ballán/Bullaun

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Gaeilge

the cup-shaped rock-hole; the well
Ar na bríonna éagsúla atá le ballán tá 'cloch a bhfuil poll nádúrtha inti (ar cruth cupa nó babhla)', agus as sin, 'tobar'. Faightear na balláin seo taobh le toibreacha beannaithe (cf. Fardal Seandálaíochta na Gaillimhe I, lgh. 90, 116), ach ar uairibh is cuid den tobar féin iad: féach Ballán Mhaolodhair, bf Cill Mhuirbhigh, agus Ballán an Cheathrair Álainn, bf Eochaill (par. Árainn), ar toibreacha iad; cf. leis Tobar an Bhalláin (‘it consists of a natural oval basin', Fardal Seandálaíochta lch. 118), bf An Cheathrú Rua Theas. Tá tobar ar theorainn thoir an bhaile fearainn idir chamáin anseo darb ainm 'St. Patrick's Well': cf. 'Ballayn Padryg' (tagairt don áit seo in Pontificia Hibernica, bl. 1223). Féach leis, 'b[allán] Barruinde, name of a spring', tagairt do Betha Colaim Chille in A Dictionary of the Irish Language, www.dil.ie, s.v. ballán.
Féach an nóta faoi bf An Ballán, par. Cill Mhaoláin.
English

the cup-shaped rock-hole; the well
Amongst the several meanings of ballán are 'stone with a (cup-shaped) hole', and by extension, 'well'. These 'bullaun' stones are found alongside holy wells (cf. Archaeological Inventory of County Galway I, pp. 90, 116), but they sometimes form part of the well itself: see Ballán Mhaolodhair, townland Cill Mhuirbhigh, and Ballán an Cheathrair Álainn, townland Eochaill (par. Árainn); cf. Tobar an Bhalláin (‘it consists of a natural oval basin', Archaeological Inventory p. 118), townland An Cheathrú Rua Theas. There is a well on the E boundary of the present townland called 'St. Patrick's Well': cf. 'Ballayn Padryg' (a reference to this place in Pontificia Hibernica, anno 1223). See also 'b[allán] Barruinde, name of a spring', a reference to Betha Colaim Chille in A Dictionary of the Irish Language, www.dil.ie, s.v. ballán.
See also the note on An Ballán, par. Cill Mhaoláin.

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1223	Ballayn Padryg	Pont. Hib. Leathanach: I.240 Pontificia Hibernica: Medieval Papal Chancery Documents concerning Ireland. 640-1261. I.II. (ed. Sheehy. 1962. 1965) Bliain: 640-1261
1302-6	Ballan	Pap. Tax. Leathanach: 222 [Papal Taxation], 'Ecclesiastical Taxation of Ireland', CDI V (1886, Londain), 202-323 Bliain: 1302-6
1570	Ballane in Clanricarde	F Leathanach: 1581 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
1585	Ballan, vicarie de	Inq.(Ga) Leathanach: 138 Inquisitions County Galway, Vols. I-IV Bliain: 1540-1690
1585	Ballay	CBC Leathanach: 49 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1585	The Bealane	CBC Leathanach: 32 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1660c	Knockanewollan	BSD (Ga) III Leathanach: 316 Books of Survey and Distribution Vol. III County of Galway (ed. Mac Giolla Choille, 1962)
1819	Bullaun	Larkin (Ga) Grand Jury Map of Galway Údar: William Larkin, Bliain foilsithe: 1819
1838	Cnoc a Bhulláin "There is a grave yard in the townland of Bullan, but no vestige of a church is observable therein. Near this grave yard there was formerly a fort called Cnoc a Bhulláin, the hill of Bullaun..." [TOC 22/10/1838]	LSO (Ga) Leathanach: I.498 Litreacha na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis, Contae Gallimhe Bliain: 1838
1838	Bullán, ‘a well’ "This name is applied to a basin like well: it occurs very frequently in the islands of Aran, where such wells are found in the solid rock. The name is applied in ancient MSS. to a tub or basin" [Nóta OD]	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
1838	Bullán	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Bullaun	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1965c	(ˈbulɑ:n)	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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