placenamesHolycross
Baile na gCailleach
Holycross is a population centre in Limerick. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationHolycross52.50692° N · 8.54049° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
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 na gCailleach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Holycross · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Smallcounty
- Civil parish
- Knockainy
- Civil parish
- Monasteranenagh
- Within
- Ballynagallagh
- Coordinates
- 52.50692, -8.54049
- Logainm ID
- 123638 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Holycross. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-05-22. How this page was prepared.