placenamesBallyshannon
Baile Shonnáin
Ballyshannon is a civil parish in Kildare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBallyshannon53.10010° N · 6.85182° 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 Shonnáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballyshannon · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Offaly East
- Barony
- Offaly West
- Coordinates
- 53.10010, -6.85182
- Mapped area
- 9.7 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1251 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballyshannon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-08-27. How this page was prepared.