BROWSE
townland
Baile Mhontáin
genitive: Bhaile Mhontáin
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Fountainstown
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of the bogland?
    Ní léir brí an dara heilimint

  • English

    the town of the bogland?
    The meaning of the second element is unclear

Centrepoint

51.7779, -8.33206latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1575
Ballemontane
F Leathanach: 2747
1579
Ballymontane
F Leathanach: 3538
1618
Famlaynestowne
CPR Leathanach: 567
1630
Fountainestowne
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: iv 40
1655
Fountainestowne
DS
1657
Fountaynestowne
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: vii 121
1657
Fountaynstowne
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: 7, 123
1659
Fountainstowne
Cen. Leathanach: 204
1660c
Fountainstowne
BSD (Co) Leathanach: 191
1666
Fountainstowne
ASE Leathanach: 66
1690
Fountainstowne
Ir. Jacob. Leathanach: 68
1739
Fountainstown
CGn. Leathanach: 83.429.66191
1750
Fountains T.
Smith Map Co
1811
Fountainstowne
Bath
1841
Fountainstown
BS:AL Leathanach: Co264,4
1841
Fountainstown
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: Co264,4
1841
Fountainestowne
Inq. Crom.:AL Leathanach: Co264,4
1841
Fountaynestowne
Inq. Crom.:AL Leathanach: Co264,4
1841
Fountainestowne
DS:AL Leathanach: Co264,4
1841
Ballyfontene, Kilpatrick
Dep. 1652:AL Leathanach: Co264,4

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