placenamesBalrothery East
Baile an Ridire Thoir
Lusk’s parish account records coastal trade alongside funding for a new chapel.
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 an Ridire Thoir · Irish · main form · validated name
- Balrothery East · English · main form
Place & story
A quay and a subscription-funded chapel
Rogerstown had a quay used for landing coal when Samuel Lewis described Lusk parish in 1837. His account also records the Catholic chapel erected at Lusk in 1809 at a cost of £2,000: James Dixon of Kilmainham gave nearly half, with subscriptions supplying the remainder. These details connect a coastal landing place and a parish building with different forms of local investment, without identifying the quay’s construction date or individual subscribers. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Balrothery East. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lusk: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.