placenames.ie
Townland

Newtown

An Baile Nua

An early Georgian house acquired a lower wing in the late twentieth century.

Recorded locationNewtown52.83493° N · 7.45669° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadnuanew

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

  • An Baile Nua · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Newtown · English · main form

Place & story

The house and its wing

The architectural inventory dates Edmondsbury House in Newtown to around 1740. The original block has two storeys and five bays across its front. A single-storey, three-bay wing was added around 1990, creating a clear difference in scale between the older house and its extension. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Laois
Civil parish
Aghmacart
Within
Aghmacart
Coordinates
52.83493, -7.45669
Mapped area
3.41 km²
Logainm ID
27759 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Newtown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Edmondsbury House, registration12803512, Laois survey2001 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.