placenamesBallindoon & Islands
Baile an Dúin
Lewis described a coastal parish after the decline of kelp manufacture, where farming, fishing and woollen work supported households.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Dúin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballindoon & Islands · English · main form
Place & story
Work after the kelp trade
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Ballindoon parish records that kelp manufacture had previously provided substantial employment but had ceased after changes in duties. Farming and fishing were then the principal occupations. Women made red flannel for household use and knitted woollen stockings known as Connemara hose. Lewis described the stocking work as poorly paid, reporting earnings of no more than one and a half pence a day. His account places this textile work alongside the parish’s coastal economy. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Ballynahinch
- Coordinates
- 53.44079, -10.08062 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 83.08 km²
- Logainm ID
- 910 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballindoon & Islands. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballindoon: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.