placenamesBallyheige
Baile Uí Thaidhg
Lewis distinguishes permission to hold fairs from gatherings actually taking place.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Uí Thaidhg · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballyheige · English · main form
Place & story
Postal links and market permissions
Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that Ballyheige had become a penny post to Tralee. A patent had also been obtained for fairs, but none had yet been established. He separately recorded occasional sittings of the manor’s seneschal court and local petty sessions. The account therefore distinguishes an operating postal connection and court business from fair days that remained only authorised. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Coordinates
- 52.40595, -9.84584 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 46.4 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1055 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballyheige. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyheigue: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.