Irish local names explained

Irish Local Names explained. 15
Ballinwillin ; Baile-an-inhnilinn, the to^n of the mill.
Pallinwullj- in Eosconimon ;
see page 1.
Ballyiore in Kildare took its name from a ford on the
river Greece; Bel-idhn-a'-tuu-'r [Bellatoor], the ford
mouth of the iuar or bleach green.
Ballrard; high town.
Bailybaan, Ballybane, Eallybaun ; white town.
Eallybay in Monaghan ; Bcl-atha-heithe [Bellabehy],
the ford mouth of the birch.
Ijallybeg; small town.
Ballyboe; i. e. "cow-land," a measure of land.
Ballybofey m Donegal. The correct old name is Srathhofexj.
Some occui)ier named Fiacli or Fay must have
in past times kept his cows on the holm along the
Finn; Srath-ho-Fiaich, F.M., the river holm of
Fiach's cows.
Ballyboghil in county Dublin ; the town of the lachal
orcrozier; from St. Patrick's crozier.
Ballyholey ; the town of the hoole;/ or dairy place.
Ballybough near Dublin; Baile-hocht,
same as Ballybought in other places.
poor town; the
Ballyboy in King's County; written in Irish authorities
Baile-atha-luidhe [Ballyaboy], the town of the yellow
ford; the name is common in other counties and
sometimes means yellow town {Baile-buidhe).
Ballybrack; speckled town.
Ballybrannagh ; Walsh's town. The proper name
"Walsh is in Irish Breathnach [Branagh], i. e. Briton.
Eallybunnion in Kerry; Bunnion's town.
Ballycahan, Ballycahane; O'Cahan's town.
Ballycahill; Cahill's or O'Cahill's town.
Ballycastle in Antrim; the town of the castle.
Ballycastle in Mayo; the town of the cashel or circular
stone fort.
Ballyclare ; the same as Ballinclare.
Ballyclerahan in Tipperary ; O'Clerahan's town.
Ballyclogh, Ballyclohy; the town of the stones.
Ballycloghan ; the town of the cloghan or row of step-
ping stones across a river.
Ballyclug in Antrim ; the town of the hell (clog).
Ballycolla; the tov.-n of Colla, a man's came.