placenamesBallymoe
Béal Átha Mó
William McDermott’s local contributions were recorded at Williamstown in 1837.
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
- Béal Átha Mó · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballymoe · English · main form
Place & story
Sites and building support
Samuel Lewis recorded William McDermott providing the site and fifty pounds towards Williamstown’s Catholic chapel. He also supplied a national-school site and ten pounds towards its building, together with six acres for the parish priest, where a dwelling had been erected. These separate contributions appear in Lewis’s description of Templetogher parish in Galway’s half-barony of Ballymoe. They document particular building support without establishing when the school began teaching. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballymoe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Templetogher: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.