Information about Ballynagar

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Ballynagar
Irish Form of Name:
Béal ath'na g-Carr
Translation:
mouth of the ford of the cars
Civil Parish:
Ballinakill in Leitrim Barony
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Ballinagar
Béal ath'na g-Carr
Ballynagar
Bellanagar
Ballynagar B. S. Sketch
Ballagar Grand Jury Presentments
Ballynagar Hyath. Clarke, Esq.
Ballegare Inq. Temp. Eliz.
Ballinagar Larkin’s County map
Comment:
Compare: occurs 5 or 6 times
Description:
This townland is all under plantation and ornamental ground. Ballangar House is in the West end. It does not contain any matter worthy of remark.
Situation:
In the North end of the parish of Ballynakill 2¼ miles North of Woodford.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Ballynagar in Galway, Ballynagare in Kerry, and Ballynagarr in Queen's Co.; same as Ballinagar. Ballynagarbragh in Cork and Ballynagarbry in Westmeath ; Baile-na-gCairbreach, Baile-na-gCairbre, the townland of the Carberys, i.e. of the families named Carbery. G eclipsed by g : see p. 3, II [reproduced below].
II. C. is eclipsed by g, and the combination (gc) is sounded as g alone. Ballynagappoge in Down; Baile-na-gcopóg, townland of the copógs or dock-leaves. See vol. ii. p. 347 [reproduced below]. Dock-leaf. The diminutive copóg [cuppoge] is the word now always used for the common dock-leaf; but judging from some of the derivatives that follow, it would appear that the primitive cop and another diminutive copán must have been in use at some former time. The usual form (with the adjective suffix ach) is seen in Glencoppogagh in the parish of Upper Bodoney in Tyrone, the glen of the dock-leaves; and with the c eclipsed to g in Lagnagoppoge (lag, a hollow), a little south of Strangford in Down, and in Cloonnagoppoge in Mayo, dock-leaf meadow. This termination, goppoge or gappoge, is extremely common all over the country. From the root cop is formed copánach (by the addition of the diminutive and adjective terminations), signifying a place abounding in dock-leaves, which, with very little change, is anglicised Coppanagh, the name of some places in Ulster, Connaught, and Leinster; while the oblique form gives name to several townlands called Copney and Copany, in Tyrone, Armagh, and Donegal.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
108 1 1
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
74 14 0
Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
40 0 0
Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
94 7 4
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Ballynagar is a townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS map of this area.
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Ballynagar
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Ballynagar
Information from the Down Survey Website.
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Neighbouring Townlands

List of townlands that share a border with this townland:
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Population and Census Information

People who lived here:
You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.
  • The Tithe Applotment Books
  • Griffith's Valuation
  • 1901 Census
  • 1911 Census
List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants of this townland.
Church records of births, deaths and marriages:
Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)
Ballynagar is in the civil parish of Ballinakill in Leitrim Barony.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Abbey & Duniry
  • Woodford
  • Ballinakill (near Duniry)
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Ballinakill
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Information From The Landed Estates Database

Information from the Landed Estates Database.
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The following is a list of those houses in this townland which are discussed in the Landed Estates Database.

Other Sources

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