placenamesBalraheen
Bairrín
Balraheen is a civil parish in Kildare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBalraheen53.35041° N · 6.67963° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Bairrín · Irish · main form
- Balraheen · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Ikeathy and Oughterany
- Coordinates
- 53.35041, -6.67963
- Mapped area
- 13.67 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1144 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Balraheen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.