Ballywhiskin, County Down
Origin
perhaps Ir. Baile Uí Uiscín ‘Whiskin’s townland’
Background
The second element of Ballywhiskin is somewhat elusive. It could be a corruption of either an English or Anglo-Norman surname but Whiskin, as it stands, does not appear to have existed as a surname. One possibility is that it could be an anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó hUiscín ‘Heskin, Hoskins’; the problem with this suggestion is that Ó hUiscín is attested only as a Connacht surname (Woulfe 1923, 577) (see Ballyhaskin).
References
Hannan R. J. (1992): Place-Names of Northern Ireland vol. 2 p. 188Additional Information
Historical name form
| Old Form | Ref. Date | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ballywhiskan | 1707 | Reg. Deeds abstracts i $30 |
| Whiskin | 1810 | Wm. Map (OSNB) E 167, E 24 |
| Ballywhiskin | 1830c | Bnd. Sur. (OSNB) E 167, E 24 |
| Ballywhiskin | 1833 | High Const. Applot. (OSNB) E 167, E 24 |
| Whiskin is an English surname | 1834c | J O'D (OSNB) E 167, E 24 |
- Barony
- Ards Lower
- Parish
- Donaghadee
- Parish in 1851
- Donaghadee
- Townland
- None
- Place name ID
- 11897
- Place name type
- T