Ballymullan, County Down
Origin
Ir. Baile Maoláin ‘townland of the low rounded hill’
Background
A number of the historical spellings lack the final –n and this may have come about as a result of a contraction for an n in an early manuscript being omitted by a scribe, and this error was in turn copied by other scribes. Other possible Gaelic origins for this place-name are Baile an Mhuilinn ‘townland of the mill’, and Baile Uí Mhaoláin ‘(O’)Mullan’s townland’.
References
Hannan R. J. (1992): Place-Names of Northern Ireland vol. 2 p. 158Additional Information
Historical name form
Old Form | Ref. Date | Reference |
---|---|---|
Ballemulle | 1603 | Ex. Inq. (Dn) 2 Jac. I |
Ballemulle | 1604 | CPR Jas I 38a |
Ballemulle | 1605 | CPR Jas I 72b |
Ballimulle al Ballimullen | 1605 | Inq. Ult. (Down) §2 Jac. I |
Ballymullen al Ballymulla | 1623 | Ham. Copy Inq. [1623] xxxi |
Ballemullan or Ballemulla | 1630 | Ham. Patent [1630] xi |
Ballimullen | 1630 | Ham. Patent [1630] xx |
Ballemullen al Ballemulle | 1645 | Inq. Ult. (Down) §104 Car. I |
Ballemullen | 1659c | Census 1659 94 |
Ballemullen | 1661 | BSD 127 |
Ballemullen al Ballemule | 1662 | Inq. Ult. (Down) §23 Car. II |
Ballymullan | 1830c | Wm. Map (OSNB) No. 54 |
Ballymullan | 1830c | Bnd. Sur. (OSNB) No. 54 |
Baile an Mhulláin "town of the little hill or summit" | 1834c | J O'D (OSNB) No. 54 |
- Barony
- Castlereagh Lower
- Parish
- Bangor
- Parish in 1851
- Bangor
- Townland
- None
- Place name ID
- 6606
- Place name type
- T