placenamesDrakestown
Baile an Drácaigh
Drakestown is a civil parish in Meath. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationDrakestown53.77509° N · 6.73720° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Baile an Drácaigh · Irish · main form
- Drakestown · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Morgallion
- Coordinates
- 53.77509, -6.73720
- Mapped area
- 10.9 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1854 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drakestown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-10-17. How this page was prepared.