placenamesBallygowan
Baile Mhic Gabhann
Ballygowan is a town in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBallygowan54.49517° N · 5.79265° 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 Mhic Gabhann · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballygowan · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Town
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Castlereagh Lower
- Civil parish
- Comber
- Civil parish
- Killinchy and Islands
- Coordinates
- 54.49517, -5.79265 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1416626 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballygowan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.