Information about Braadillaun

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Braadillaun
Irish Form of Name:
Brághaid Oileán
Translation:
island of the gorge, neck island
Civil Parish:
Ballynakill in the barony of Ballynahinch
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Braadillaun
Brághaid Oileán
Braad Illaun B. S.
Braad Illaun Rev. J. Griffin, P.P.
Description:
Henry Blake, Esq., Proprietor.
Situation:
In the Atlantic Ocean about 5 chains W. of the W. end of the boundary between the townlands of Thonadoorooaun and Letterbeg.