placenamesFordstown
Baile Forda
Fordstown is a population centre in Meath. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationFordstown53.66564° N · 6.89549° 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 Forda · Irish · main form · validated name
- Fordstown · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Kells Upper
- Civil parish
- Girley
- Coordinates
- 53.66564, -6.89549 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414653 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fordstown. 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.