placenamesWallstown
Baile an Fháltaigh
The Board of First Fruits attached a temporary church role to its support for the house.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Fháltaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Wallstown · English · main form
Place & story
A house with a condition attached
Wallstown’s glebe-house was erected in 1829 at a recorded cost of £1,100. Samuel Lewis stated that the Board of First Fruits gave £200 and lent £600 on condition that the house accommodate divine service until a parish church could be built. It was still serving that purpose in his 1837 account. The funding therefore supported both a residence and an interim place of worship. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Wallstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Wallstown, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-01. How this page was prepared.