placenamesBallysax
Baile Shacsa
Ballysax is a civil parish in Kildare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBallysax53.12593° N · 6.84627° 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 Shacsa · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballysax · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Offaly East
- Coordinates
- 53.12593, -6.84627
- Mapped area
- 28.76 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1250 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballysax. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-01-08. How this page was prepared.