Ballylisbredan, County Down
Origin
Ir. Baile Lios Bradáin ‘townland of Bradán’s fort’
Background
The name of the townland of Ballylisbredan is first recorded in 1605 (Ballylissbradan, Inq. Ult. §2 Jac. I). The personal name Bradán has given rise to the surname Ó Bradáin ‘Braden, Bredin etc’ which is described by Woulfe (1923, 439) as ‘a rather scattered surname’. The Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record records a possible fort in the townland. There is also an Irish rath just inside the neighbouring townland of Ballyoran.
References
P. McKay, 2009Additional Information
Historical name form
| Old Form | Ref. Date | Reference |
|---|---|---|
Baile Lis Brighdein "town of Brigidean''s fort" | 1834c | J O'D (OSNB) No. 48 |
Baile Lis Brighdein "town of Brigidean's fort" | 1834c | J O'D (OSNB) No. 48 |
| Ballylissbradan | 1605 | Inq. Ult. (Down) $2 Jac I |
| Ballilisvradan | 1613 | CPR Jas I 236a |
| Ballilisbradan | 1620 | Ham. Patent [1620] xxi |
| Balle-Lisbraden | 1623 | Ham. Copy Inq. [1623] xlii |
| Ballelisbraden | 1630 | Ham. Patent [1630] xiii |
| Lisbreeden | 1630 | Ham. Patent [1630] xii |
| Ballelisdrumbraden | 1644 | Inq. Ult. (Down) $104 Car. 1 |
| B: Lishbredan | 1659c | Census 1659 87 |
| Lissbraden | 1661 | BSD 125 |
| Ballylisbredan | 1681 | Ham. Copy Rental 109 |
| Ballylisnabredan | 1745 | Map of Down (OSNB) No. 48 |
| Ballylisnabredan | 1745 | Map of Down (OSNB) No. 48 |
| Ballylisbredin | 1830c | Bnd. Sur. (OSNB) No. 48 |
| Ballylisbredin | 1830c | Bnd. Sur. (OSNB) No. 48 |
| Ballylisnabredan | 1830c | Wm. Map (OSNB) No. 48 |
| Ballylisnabredan | 1830c | Wm. Map (OSNB) No. 48 |
- Barony
- Castlereagh Lower
- Parish
- Dundonald
- Parish in 1851
- Dundonald
- Townland
- None
- Place name ID
- 17393
- Place name type
- T