placenamesBalgriffin
Baile Ghrífín
Lewis records a sixteenth-century endowment intended to support four poor men from the parish.
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 Ghrífín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Balgriffin · English · main form
Place & story
Land supporting a local charity
In 1580 John Bathe left land at Chapelizod to support a hospital for four poor men of Balgriffin parish, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. The distinction between the two places matters: Chapelizod was the location of the endowed land, while the intended beneficiaries belonged to Balgriffin. Lewis did not identify the charity’s building or describe its operation in his own day. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Balgriffin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Belgriffin in 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.