placenamesBallygowan
Baile Mhic Gabhann
Ballygowan is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBallygowan54.50417° N · 5.79697° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
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 Mhic Gabhann · Irish · main form
- Ballygowan · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Castlereagh Lower
- Civil parish
- Comber
- Civil parish
- Killinchy and Islands
- Coordinates
- 54.50417, -5.79697
- Mapped area
- 2.76 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66070 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballygowan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 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 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.