Ballymascanlan
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Ballymascanlan (Irish: Baile Mhic Scanláin),[1] otherwise Ballymascanlon, is a small village and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is 4 km (2.5 mi) north-east of Dundalk on the Cooley Peninsula, on the road to Carlingford. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.[1]
Locale
The townland runs down to the coast, and is bounded by the Flurry River, running south and reaching the sea at its edge, and a late tributary running east.
History
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The name Ballymascanlan means "town of the son of Scanlan": a reference to Scanlan, son of Fingin, chief of the Uí Méith, who died in 672. The Uí Méith were rulers in the kingdom of
also takes name from this group.In 1185, during the Norman-English period, the district of Ballymascanlan as far north as Carrickarnon was donated by
Following the
In 1688 the brothers Malcolm and Archibald Mcneill, officers of William III landed in Dundalk and defeated the Celtic Scanlons in the Battle of Ballymascanlon.[2]
Amenities
Ballymascanlan House Hotel is an extended Victorian house on grounds remaining from an estate dating back centuries. The hotel has a leisure centre and swimming pool which allow paid public access, and the grounds include a golf course.
Monuments
On the grounds of the hotel, though strictly speaking in the next townland to the north, Proleek, are a ruined wedge tomb and a portal dolmen.[3] The dolmen, known as "The Giant's Load," has a 40 tonne capstone and three supporting stones.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Baile Mhic Scanláin/Ballymascanlan". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ D'Alton, John (1864). The history of Dundalk and Its Environs: From the Earliest Historic Period to the present time. William Tempest. pp. 310.
- ^ Oxford, UK, 2006: Halpin and Newman, Ireland: An Oxford Archaeological Guide to Sites from Earliest Times to AD 1600, p.329
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