placenamesBallysakeery
Baile Easa Caoire
Lewis’s 1837 account records a navigable river edge beside an agricultural parish.
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 Easa Caoire · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballysakeery · English · main form
Place & story
The river as a route
The Moy was navigable along the border of Ballysakeery parish in 1837, according to Samuel Lewis. He identified a pool bearing the parish’s name that could admit small vessels. The same account placed the parish on the Ballina–Killala mail-coach road and described its land as predominantly tilled. River and road therefore formed different routes through this farming district. Lewis did not give a shipping total or specify what cargo passed through the pool. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballysakeery. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballisakerry in1837, Lewis’s Topographical Survey · Samuel Lewis; transcription hosted by Mayo Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.