placenamesSaint James and Dunbrody
Paróiste San Séamas & Dún Bróithe
Lewis’s account records fishing and Waterford-bound trade within this coastal parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Paróiste San Séamas & Dún Bróithe · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Saint James and Dunbrody · English · main form
Place & story
A village supported by shipping
Ballyhack lies within Saint James and Dunbrody parish. Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description, using the historical parish name Saint James, linked the village’s livelihood chiefly to shipping anchored in the estuary. He also identified it as a fishing station, with a small trade in corn and pigs for the Waterford market. These observations concern Ballyhack specifically, rather than every settlement in the parish. [2] [3]
A clustered summer fair calendar
Lewis listed fairs on 25 March, 17, 24 and 29 June, 26 July, 24 August and 29 September, together with one on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. The movable religious-calendar date stood alongside fixed dates, with several occasions concentrated in summer. This is the calendar he recorded in 1837, not a present schedule. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saint James and Dunbrody. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyhack — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Ballyhack: canonical locality and parish hierarchy · Logainm.ie
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-31. How this page was prepared.