Civil parish

Painestown

Baile an Phaghanaigh

Painestown is a civil parish in Carlow. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationPainestown52.86570° N · 6.91340° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

bailetownland, town, homestead

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 an Phaghanaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
Painestown · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Civil parish
County: Carlow
Barony: Carlow
Coordinates: 52.86570, -6.91340
Mapped area: 8.77 km²
Logainm ID: 341 ↗

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Painestown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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