BROWSE
townland
Baile Saileach
genitive: Bhaile Saileach
(Irish)
Ballysillagh
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead
sail, saileach
English willow-(tree)

Centrepoint

52.4272, -6.53935latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1613
Ballisillagh (Adam Loftus)
CPR Leathanach: 260
1654
Ballisallagh
CS (LG) Imleabhar: IX, Leathanach: 66
1654
Ballisillagh (ar theorainn Mullinagore, Jas. Stafford)
CS (LG) Imleabhar: IX, Leathanach: 66
1655
Ballesillagh
DS
1660c
Ballissillagh (Jas. Stafford)
BSD (LG) Leathanach: 108
1673
Ballesillagh
ASE Leathanach: 232
1685
B:silla
Hib. Del.
1762
Ballysillagh
CGn. Imleabhar: 218, Leathanach: 310, Uimhir: 143643
1840
Baile Saileach 'town of the swallows'
OD:AL
1840
Ballysillagh
Preston, P.:AL
1840
Ballysillaugh
George Pounder etal.
Pounder, Geo.:AL (LG)

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