Ballysugagh
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Ir. An Baile Súgach
A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. The name of the townland of Ballysugagh is recorded as Meryton als B’sonagh in 1549 (Ex. Inq. $3 Ed. VI), as Meritowne or Ballysonagh in 1603 (CPR Jas I 14a) and as Merrytowne in 1662 (Inq. Ult. $22 Car. II) and it is likely that the final element of the place-name is the English surname Merry (see Reaney 1958, 220) which was no doubt brought here by the Anglo-Normans. It was gaelicised as An Baile Súgach, i.e. ‘the merry townland’,from the mistaken idea that the initial element was the adjective ‘merry’!
A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. The name of the townland of Ballysugagh is recorded as Meryton als B’sonagh in 1549 (Ex. Inq. $3 Ed. VI), as Meritowne or Ballysonagh in 1603 (CPR Jas I 14a) and as Merrytowne in 1662 (Inq. Ult. $22 Car. II) and it is likely that the final element of the place-name is the English surname Merry (see Reaney 1958, 220) which was no doubt brought here by the Anglo-Normans. It was gaelicised as An Baile Súgach, i.e. ‘the merry townland’,from the mistaken idea that the initial element was the adjective ‘merry’!
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Coordinates: 54°20'35"N 5°39'51"W
- Crossgar/Upper Crossgare 24 km
- Clontonakelly 27 km
- Clare 46 km
- Bleary 47 km
- Deer Park Farms 71 km
- Kilskyre 114 km
- Lisdillon 125 km
- Taghmon 135 km
- Rattin 141 km
- Lemanaghan 180 km
- Lecale Peninsula 4.4 km
- Ballkinler Army Camp 14 km
- Strangford Lough 15 km
- County Down 16 km
- Ards Penninsula 19 km
- Slieve Croob (Sliabh Crúb) 21 km
- Donard Forest 23 km
- Tollymore Forest Park 23 km
- Slieve Donard (Sliabh Domangard) (Sliabh Dónairt) 25 km
- Mourne Mountains 33 km