Baile na mBruthnóg Theas/Ballybronoge South

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Hierarchy

townland

Baile na mBruthnóg Theas

genitive: Bhaile na mBruthnóg Theas

validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Ballybronoge South

(English)

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Glossary

baile

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

Luimneach/Limerick

barony

Pobal Bhriain/Pubblebrien

civil parish

Cill Onchon/Killonahan

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the town of the smelt-furnaces?
bruthnóg — foirm de bruithneog; féach A Dictionary of the Irish Language (www.dil.ie) s.v. bruithne

D'fhéadfadh sé freisin gurb é an sloinne Angla-Normannach Brachnok (< Brycheiniog, logainm Breatnaise) atá sa cháilitheoir.
English

the town of the smelt-furnaces?
bruthnóg — a form of bruithneog; see A Dictionary of the Irish Language (www.dil.ie) s.v. bruithne

The second element could also be from the Anglo-Norman surname Brachnok (from the Welsh placename Brycheiniog).

Centrepoint

52.5827, -8.72731latitude, longitude

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Archival records

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