placenamesBallyvalloo
Baile an Bhulbhaigh
Lewis recorded a financial connection between this coastal parish and a charity farther inland.
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 an Bhulbhaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballyvalloo · English · main form
Place & story
Tithes divided between charity and clergy
Ballyvalloo’s rectorial tithes belonged to the almshouse at Enniscorthy, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. He distinguished that charitable share from the income payable to the local incumbent. The arrangement connected agricultural income from Ballyvalloo with provision for people elsewhere; it did not place the almshouse itself in this parish. Lewis also described the church benefice as part of the Ardcolme union. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen South
- Coordinates
- 52.41755, -6.36056
- Mapped area
- 8.73 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2532 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballyvalloo. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyvalloo in 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.