placenamesBallintemple
Baile an Teampaill
Lewis recorded deterioration despite substantial building support from the Board of First Fruits.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Teampaill · Irish · main form
- Ballintemple · English · main form
Place & story
A funded church in poor condition
Samuel Lewis recorded that Ballintemple’s Church of Ireland parish church had been built in 1816 with an £800 gift and a £50 loan from the Board of First Fruits. By 1837 he described it as dilapidated through dry rot. His account separately located the Catholic chapel at Ballycowgue, with a school attached, distinguishing the parish church’s condition from the facilities serving the Catholic community. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballintemple. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballintemple, Arklow, 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.