placenamesBallymun
Baile Munna
Archaeological work for the proposed Metro North documented the line between Ballymun and Ballystruan.
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 Munna · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballymun · English · main form
Place & story
A trackway between two townlands
A February 2010 report by William O. Frazer and James Hession recorded a 150-metre stretch of the Ballymun–Ballystruan boundary during archaeological investigations for the proposed Metro North. The surveyed line included a surfaced trackway, ditches and an interrupted bank. The report identified the townland boundary on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century maps. This was the historic townland north of the M50, rather than a description of the wider Ballymun housing estate. [2]
An uncertain origin for one ditch
A trench crossed one ditch beside the boundary. The investigators thought it appeared machine-dug, possibly to take overflow from the nearby Mayne River. They therefore distinguished this apparently modern feature from the original townland boundary. Their account records an observation and a possible explanation, rather than establishing when the boundary itself originated. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballymun. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Metro North advance archaeological testing report, Testing Area 11, Ballystruan and Ballymun, February 2010, pp. 9, 13–14, 17–18 · William O. Frazer and James Hession, Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd.
- 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.