People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Ballynamona

Irish Form of Name:

Baile na Móna

Translation:

town of the bog

Civil Parish:

Ahascragh
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Ballynamona
Baile na Móna
Ballanamona
Ballanamona By. Sketch Map
Ballanamona Charles Filgate, Esq.
Ballinahona Grand Jury Pamphlets
Ballynamona Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Ballinamona Larkin’s Co. Map
Ballanamona Michl. Shaughnessy, Esq.
Ballanamona Peter Daley, Esq.
Ballanamona Rev. Henry Hunt

Description:

This is a large scattered village in the townland of Eddergool North. The houses are in but middling repair.

Situation:

This village is situated in the eastern side of this parish on the townland of Eddergool North in the Barony of Killian.

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:

Ballynamona is in Eddergool North townland.

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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This link is not a link to the townland that you are currently researching; however, if you follow this link, you will see a search box near the top of the page which you can use to search for your townland.

Having followed this link, you will see several expandable links - each link has a plus sign on its left - on the top left of the page. Expand 'Base Information and Mapping'. Now it is possible to select the maps that you wish to view by clicking on the checkbox that is on the left of each map; this list includes the original Ordnance Survey maps.

You can select more than one map and you can use a slider to make one map more transparent than another. This allows you to view what features were present or absent at different points in time.
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Ballynamona

Information from the National Monuments Service.
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You can use this link to view a map of archaelogical features.
This link brings you to a website wherein you will have to search for your townland.

Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Information about Ballynamona

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Townland Information

Information From Maps