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Ballyboy

A partly levelled ringfort and an original census return document this Portloman townland.

Recorded locationBallyboy53.55021° N · 7.42216° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Ballyboy · English · main form

Place & story

An earthwork near Ballyboy House

The archaeological record places a ringfort on a low rise in pasture near Ballyboy House. The 1837 Ordnance Survey map showed a roughly circular earthwork, while the revised 1913 map showed a semicircular feature south of the house. The record, uploaded in 2019, describes the surviving portion on aerial photography as a tree planted, D-shaped area. It does not establish a construction date. [2]

A small census community

The 1911 census counted ten people in Ballyboy: five males and five females, living in two inhabited houses. Its comparative columns give eleven residents in 1901 and five in 1891. The table identifies the townland within Portloman parish, Corkaree barony and Tullaghan electoral division. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Barony
Corkaree
Civil parish
Portloman
Coordinates
53.55021, -7.42216
Mapped area
0.59 km²
Logainm ID
52099 ↗

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 — Ballyboy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Sites and Monuments Record WM018-028----: Ballyboy ringfort, uploaded 11 January 2019 · Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien; National Monuments Service
  3. Census of Ireland 1911: County Westmeath, page 38; published 1912 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, Limited
  4. 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 2007-12-10. How this page was prepared.