placenamesBallaghkeen North
An Bealach Caoin Thuaidh
Lewis distinguished local herring boats from oyster boats mainly belonging to Arklow.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Bealach Caoin Thuaidh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballaghkeen North · English · main form
Place & story
A fishery linked to another coastal town
At Morris Castle in Kilmuckridge parish, Samuel Lewis recorded two fisheries in 1837. Herring fishing employed about twelve boats, mainly from the neighbourhood; oyster fishing employed about forty, mainly belonging to Arklow. Coal was also occasionally landed there. The separate boat counts and home ports show that this stretch of Ballaghkeen North’s coast supported both local work and fishing connections extending north into Wicklow. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballaghkeen North. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmuckridge: 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.