placenamesTalbotstown Lower
Baile an Talbóidigh Íochtarach
Lewis’s 1837 Boystown account distinguishes two local quarrying histories.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Talbóidigh Íochtarach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Talbotstown Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Two building stones, different fortunes
Samuel Lewis reported granite quarries still operating at Ballyknockan, which he called Ballyknocken, in 1837. His account placed them within Boystown parish, also known as Baltiboys. A slate quarry at Baltiboys had formerly been worked successfully but was then discontinued. The comparison records active and abandoned extraction in the same parish; it does not establish the opening or final closure dates of either industry. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Talbotstown Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Boystown: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.