Standard Name:
Ballinderry
Irish Form of Name:
Baile an Doire
Translation:
town of the Derry or oak wood
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Ballinderry
Baile an Doire
Ballanderry
Ballinderry Arkin’s Co. Map
Ballanderry Boundary Sketch Map
Lismacknedan Inq. Temp. Car. I
Ballanderry James Lambert, Esqr.
Lismacmadan Revd. W. Collis
Ballinderry Thos. Bermingham, Esqr.
Ballanderry William French, Esqr.
Description:
This townand is under the management of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and is rented by J. P. Ward, Esqr., the North and West parts are of good quality. The remainder is mostly of bad quality, it is flat and dry, all arable and pasture except a few acres of bog and wood, houses of bad description and bad repair, except Ballinderry House which has a demesne. The content is a.496 r.2 p.37 and for the last ½ year Oct. 1837 the amount of County Cess is £11 13s. 7½d.
Situation:
Lies in the S. East of the parish, is bounded by Curraneena, Gurtadeegan, Glebe of Ballanderry and Ellagh in this parish, by Highfield and Killareeny in the parish of Aughrim, by Ardruss Fahy and Cappavehy townlands in the parish of Killallaghtan, all in the Barony of Kilconnel.
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