Ballygall
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Ballygall Baile na nGall
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 Ballygall
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| Coordinates: 53°23′01″N 6°16′30″W / 53.3835°N 06.2750°WCoordinates: 53°23′01″N 6°16′30″W / 53.3835°N 06.2750°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| City council | Dublin City Council |
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| • Dáil Éireann | Dublin North-West |
| • EU Parliament | Dublin |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
Ballygall (Irish: Baile na nGall, meaning "townland (baile) of the Foreigners") is a small suburban area located between Glasnevin and Finglas on the northside of the city of Dublin, Ireland. It is also a townland divided between the civil parish of Finglas and the Civil Parish of Glasnevin. It was settled by Vikings in the 11th century, and later by the Cambro-Normans. It is also a parish in the Fingal South West deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. It is served by the Church of Our Mother of Divine Grace.
The Cambro-Normans called it Fyngallestoun, the township of Fingal, but the indigenous Gaels called it the town of the Galls, or foreigners, hence in Gaelic, Baile na nGall. Whether from the Normans or the Gaels, it was abbreviated later in old charters to Gallstoun. It seems to have been originally settled by a man called Arthur, hence it appears also as Arthurstoun. It seems to have morphed from Gallstoun to Ballygall sometime in the 16th century. There are many similarly-named denominations in the archives of the Registry of Deeds.
A place called Arthureston is mentioned explicitly as a manor in the Chancery Rolls of Ireland in several places under several entries during the reign of King Edward III in the 14th century. A very specific reference to Fyngaleston relates to Cristofor de Preston. It is also mentioned in the Calendar of the Gormanstown Register as a manor, and was the original seat of the Prestons, the principal landholders of Fingal, before they moved to and became lords and later Viscounts of Gormanston. It was granted in 1318 as a Manor to William de Prestoun:
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