placenamesBallycallan
Baile Uí Challáin
Lewis connects a local residence with land left for Kilkenny’s charities and public institutions.
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 Uí Challáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballycallan · English · main form
Place & story
Land held in trust
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account identifies Bellevan in Ballycallan parish as a former residence of J. Evans. He records Evans’s bequest of about 1,100 acres there, together with a substantial sum of money, in trust for Kilkenny’s charities and public institutions. Lewis names J. Waring as the later occupant. The same account describes an unsuccessful local search for coal: a small quantity of culm was raised before the undertaking was abandoned. It does not establish a continuing mine. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballycallan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballycallan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.