placenamesBodenstown
Baile Bhuadain
Lewis’s 1837 parish description noted an unusual crossing of the Liffey.
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
- Baile Bhuadain · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Bodenstown · English · main form
Place & story
A river boundary and a bridge
Samuel Lewis described the Liffey as Bodenstown parish’s eastern boundary in 1837 and recorded a stone bridge crossing it with five arches, each differently shaped. He did not name the bridge or supply its construction date. Elsewhere in the entry, he noted that the parish then had no Church of Ireland church, despite a grant towards building one, and that Protestant parishioners attended Clane. The grant records intended provision rather than proof that a church had already been erected. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Naas North
- Coordinates
- 53.27411, -6.65429
- Mapped area
- 11.53 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1146 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Bodenstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Bodenstown or Bowdenstown, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.