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Newtown

An Baile Nua

An eighteenth-century house stands on Balheary Road in the Swords parish townland.

Recorded locationNewtown53.47071° N · 6.22621° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadnuanew

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

  • An Baile Nua · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Newtown · English · main form

Place & story

Newtown House on Balheary Road

Newtown House on Balheary Road dates from around 1760. Its five-bay front rises above a basement, with a central section projecting forward beneath a gable. The architectural inventory records granite window sills, dormer windows and a stone doorway with alternating long and short blocks. A leaded fanlight is assigned to the 1880s, distinguishing a later entrance detail from the earlier house. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Dublin
Civil parish
Swords
Within
Swords
Coordinates
53.47071, -6.22621
Mapped area
0.94 km²
Logainm ID
17083 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Newtown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Newtown House, registration11335009, Fingal survey2001 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.