placenamesPiercetown
Baile Phiarais
Lewis described this Meath parish as Piercetownlandy, also called Leckno, in 1837.
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 Phiarais · Irish · main form
- Piercetown · English · main form
Place & story
The parish in an early road description
Samuel Lewis placed Piercetownlandy on the new main road from Dublin to Belfast through Ashbourne, south of Duleek. His 1837 account recorded surviving remains of an old church and identified Meadsbrook, the residence of Mrs. Madden, as lying within the parish. Ecclesiastically, he distinguished its Church of Ireland connection with Kilmoon from its place in the Catholic district of Ardcath. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Duleek Upper
- Barony
- Duleek Lower
- Coordinates
- 53.59842, -6.43414
- Mapped area
- 7.69 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1910 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Piercetown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Piercetownlandy in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.