placenamesHaroldstown
Baile Eireoil
Lewis recorded several kinds of public provision in the parish.
The name
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
- Baile Eireoil · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Haroldstown · English · main form
Place & story
Local services in 1837
Samuel Lewis recorded a dispensary and three schools in Haroldstown parish in 1837. He distinguished a parochial school, a national school and another public school, rather than describing a single institution. These services formed part of a predominantly agricultural parish on the road from Hacketstown towards Carlow. His account identifies the institutions but supplies neither pupil numbers nor the names of teachers or medical staff, leaving their daily operation undocumented in this brief description. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Haroldstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Haroldstown, 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.