Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Jamestown Or Ballyteigeduff, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jamestown Or Ballyteigeduff
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- LA009-037----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated village within OS 6-inch map number 5 mentioned in 1571 Elizabethan land grant to Owen mac Hugh O'Dempsie although the Earle of Kildare does lay claim tot he villages of 'Ballycarroll, Ballyteighduffe, Ballyodin alias Boydonstowne, Dirryfunchin alias Dirryfunchior, Ballyorlade (Abhalghort) alias Orchardston (Ullard), Ballinurcher, Clomany and Kilmorhcil , as parcell of the said Earl's Manor of Leigh' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, p. 52). Townland of Ballyteigueduff is located on OS 6-inch map number 09. Wrong six inch sheet designation should be on OS number 09.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007