placenamesBalscaddan
Baile Scadán
Lewis distinguishes a schoolhouse already in use from proposed accommodation for its teachers.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Scadán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Balscaddan · English · main form
Place & story
Built premises and a proposed residence
Samuel Lewis recorded a schoolhouse built on Balscaddan common in 1832, when three and a half acres were enclosed and attached to it. By his 1837 account, about eighty boys and seventy girls were taught there. A house for the master and mistress was still contemplated. That distinction matters: the teaching premises were established, while the proposed teachers’ residence cannot be counted as already completed. Lewis also noted two private fee-paying schools elsewhere in the parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Coordinates
- 53.60374, -6.24500
- Mapped area
- 16.07 km²
- Logainm ID
- 833 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Balscaddan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Balscadden: 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.