placenamesBallyboy
Baile Átha Buí
Lewis recorded estate support for schooling and accommodation for five widows in the Offaly 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 Átha Buí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballyboy · English · main form
Place & story
Two forms of local provision
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Ballyboy parish describes a school at Castlewood maintained by Mr. Fitzsimon for his tenants. He paid its master £25 a year. This was distinct from the parochial school, which received £10 annually from the vicar, and a national school receiving £6 a year from the Marquess of Lansdowne. Lewis also recorded an almshouse founded by Mrs. Stoney for five widows. His account supplies these practical details of educational support and charitable accommodation without giving the almshouse’s foundation date. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballyboy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyboy parish: 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.