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Baile Huigín
genitive: Bhaile Huigín
(Irish)
Higginstown
(English)
Centrepoint
53.7701, -7.48451latitude, longitude
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Historical references
1612 |
Ballygin [?]
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
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1612 |
Ballihiggin
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CPR Leathanach: 245a
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1620 |
Higginstown
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CPR Leathanach: 452a
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1629 |
Higginston
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1632 |
Higginston
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 9 Car.1
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1659 |
Ballymorris and Higgins towne
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c.1660 |
Higginstowne
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BSD Leathanach: 161
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1724 |
Ballyhiggen
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CGn. Leathanach: 45.39.27616
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1752 |
Ballyhiggen
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CGn. Leathanach: 157.526.105757
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1813 |
Higginstown
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1836 |
Higginstown
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1836 |
Higginston
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1836 |
Baile Ui Uigín, “O’ Higgin’s land”
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1836 |
Ígin
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1836 |
...contains the house Demesne etc. of Higginstown...
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1836 |
Higginstown
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1836 |
Higginstown
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1908 |
“From the Genealogical Map of Ireland it will be seen that O’ Higgins is a very old name in the neighbourhood of Granard..”
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MacGivney Leathanach: 24, 25
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1908 |
Higginstown, Tóchar na Móna, “causeway of the bog”
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MacGivney Leathanach: 135
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2007 |
ˈhiginztoun
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