placenamesMorristownbiller
Baile Mhuiris an Bhiolair
An 1852 court document places Kildare land alongside properties in King’s County.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Mhuiris an Bhiolair · Irish · main form
- Morristownbiller · English · main form
Place & story
An estate offered for sale
A six-page rental dated 25 June 1852 survives among the Loughton Papers at Offaly County Library. The archive identifies Morristown-Biller in Kildare among lands offered for auction through the Encumbered Estates Court, alongside Clonfenlough, Rashinagh and part of Corramore in King’s County. The document connects this locality with a sale extending across county boundaries. Its catalogue description records the intended sale, without establishing the buyer or its outcome. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Morristownbiller. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Morristown-Biller, Clonfenlough, Rashinagh and part of Corramore, IE OCL P131/3/2 · Offaly County Library, Offaly Archives
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.