BROWSE
townland
Baile an Mhígh
genitive: Bhaile an Mhígh
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Meadstown
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town of An Míoch
    An Míoch (< Midheach < Midech) — sloinne, is dócha, sa chás seo.
    Is sean-ainmfhocal é mide a chiallaigh ‘middle, centre’ agus a d’imigh as feidhm go luath. Tá an focal caomhnaithe in ainm an chúige stairiúil agus in ainm an chontae ina dhiaidh sin (.i. An Mhí). Chiallaigh midech mar ainmfhocal firinscneach ‘a man of Meath’ agus mar ainmfhocal bainscineach ‘a woman of Meath’. Rinneadh sloinne de ina dhiaidh sin agus tá foirmeacha ar nós de Midia, Miadh, srl., le fáil i gcáipéisí Laidine nó Béarla (c.f. ainm Béarla an bhaile fearainn)

  • English

    the town of An Míoch
    An Míoch (< Midheach < Midech) — probably a surname in this context.
    The noun mide meaning ‘middle, centre’ fell out of use at an early period. The word has been preserved as An Mhí, the name of the historical province and modern county (i.e., Meath). As a masculine noun, midech meant ‘a man of Meath’, and as a feminine noun ‘a woman of Meath’. This was later made into a surname, and forms such as de Midia, Miadh, etc., are found in English and Latin documents (c.f. the English name of the townland)

Centrepoint

51.8074, -8.46802latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

Ballinvi[l/h]igh
C[.]l. Cara Mss. II Leathanach: 449
1587
Ballinvige
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: 1, 69
1589
Ballinvige
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: 1, 30
1655
Meadstowne
DS
1655
Meadestowne
DS
1655
Meadstowne
DS
1659
Meadstowne
Cen. Leathanach: 205
1659
Meadstown North
Cen. Leathanach: 205
1659
Meadstown South
Cen. Leathanach: 205
1660c.
Meadestowne
BSD (Co) Leathanach: 182
1666
Meadstowne
ASE Leathanach: 63-b
1666
Meadestowne
ASE Leathanach: 66-a
1669
Meadestowne
ASE Leathanach: 204-b
1683
Meadsto[wne]
Hib. Del.
1693
Meadestowne
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: 7, 276
1811
Meadstown
Bath
1841
Meadstown
BS:AL Leathanach: Co291,9
1841
Meadstown
Busteed, Rev. W.:AL Leathanach: Co291,9
1841
Meadstown
CM:AL Leathanach: Co291,9
1841
[Meadstown]
"…the village of Meadstown, in which is the site of an old castle, and in the N. W. part of the townland Liscleary Ch…an ancient well called 'Keena na dam,' on the S. border a farm called 'Toherbeg'."
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Co291,9
1841
Meadestowne
DS:AL Leathanach: Co291,9
1841
Meadstown
Freeholders Reg.:AL Leathanach: Co291,9
1841
Meadestowne
Inq. Crom.:AL Leathanach: Co291,9
1841
Meadstown
OD:AL Leathanach: Co291,9
1841
Meadstown
Smith Map Co Leathanach: Co291,9

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