placenamesBallyheerin
Baile Uí Shírín
Ballyheerin is a population centre in Donegal. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBallyheerin55.18882° N · 7.73307° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
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 Shírín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballyheerin · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Civil parish
- Clondavaddog
- Within
- Fanad West
- Within
- Ballyheerin
- Coordinates
- 55.18882, -7.73307 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412910 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballyheerin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.