placenamesBallymacward
Baile Mhic an Bhaird
Lewis recorded a prepared site and subscribed funds alongside an existing parochial school.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Mhic an Bhaird · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballymacward · English · main form
Place & story
A site for a national school
In his 1837 Ballymacward account, Samuel Lewis reported ground set aside for a national school and most of the necessary money already subscribed. This records preparations for a building, without confirming that the school had opened. [2]
Support for the existing school
The parochial school received annual donations from the Earl and Countess of Clancarty and the incumbent. Lewis counted about ninety boys and a hundred girls there. Two private pay schools in the same account collectively taught approximately 120 boys and thirty girls. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Kilconnell
- Barony
- Tiaquin
- Coordinates
- 53.38656, -8.49556
- Mapped area
- 69.65 km²
- Logainm ID
- 911 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballymacward. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballymacward: 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.