placenamesBallyhean
Béal Átha hÉin
Lewis located the Burriscarra union church within Ballyhean and named a school at Drumrathcahil.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Béal Átha hÉin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballyhean · English · main form
Place & story
A church for the union
In 1837 Samuel Lewis placed the church serving the Burriscarra Church of Ireland union within Ballyhean parish. It had recently been repaired with a £269 grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. He also recorded a school at Drumrathcahil with seventy-six boys and forty girls, alongside two pay schools whose attendance he did not specify. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballyhean. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyhane or Ballyhean: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.