placenamesWilliamstown
Baile Liam
A coastal defence tower records the transformation of Williamstown’s waterfront.
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 Liam · Irish · main form · validated name
- Williamstown · English · main form
Place & story
A tower cut off from the tide
Williamstown Martello Tower originally stood on the shoreline and was exposed to tidal flooding. Built during the coastal defence programme of 1804–1806, it was cut off from the sea by the Dublin to Kingstown railway after 1834. Later in the nineteenth century it became a private residence, while the surrounding ground level was raised. Its setting now belongs to the Seafort Parade streetscape, whose central terrace runs from numbers 4 to 17. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Civil parish
- Booterstown
- Within
- Williamstown
- Coordinates
- 53.29771, -6.19995 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412167 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Williamstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Seafort Parade Architectural Conservation Area: Character Appraisal, sections2.3 and5.2 · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-11-01. How this page was prepared.