Baile na hAbhann

Coordinates: 53 ° 14 ′  N , 9 ° 30 ′  W

Baile na hAbhann​

Ireland

Baile na hAbhann [ ˌbˠalʲə nˠə ˈhəun̪ˠ ] (old Anglicized name: Ballynahown ) is a place in County Galway ( Contae na Gaillimhe ) on the west coast of Ireland .

location

The place is not far from the coast at the end of the coastline Cois Fharraige in the Connemara region about 30 km west of Galway City on the regional road R336 between Indreabhán and Casla . The place is within the Cois Fharraige - Gaeltacht . In the immediate vicinity of the village is the Connemara Airport , from which the Aran Islands can be reached with Aer Arann . Bus Éireann connects the place with Galway City.

TG4

The TV broadcaster Teilifís na Gaeilge has had its headquarters here with the studios of the Irish-language TV channel TG4 since 1996 . Since 2009, the Irish language is RTÉ -Nachrichtensendung Nuacht no longer in Dublin produced, but in Baile na hAbhann, representing an appreciation of the Gaeltacht region.

Place name

Baile na hAbhann is the original Irish name and means place of residence on the river . The English name is Ballinahown or Ballynahown . Until recently, both the Irish name and the English name were in use side by side. Since a change in the law or its implementation for the Gaeltacht areas from 2003 to 2005, the original Irish name Baile na hAbhann is the only legally valid place name today.

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  Typical stone walls of the area. Because of the stony subsoil, a large number of stones were collected over time in order to keep the vegetation area as free as possible.

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  Farmhouse with outbuildings

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  In front of the quay wall: Boats lying in the dry, of the type that can often be found on the coast of Conamara.

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  Bun na hAbhann - estuary with quay wall and behind it the water of Galway Bay. The river is only 7 km long and has its source further up in Loch Ghleann Daimh.

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  Typical view of the moor landscape interspersed with stones and bushes. Taken from the regional road R336.

The English name Ballynahown from the Ordnance Survey of the 19th century, which is merely a phonetic imitation of the Irish name with the help of English orthography, has thus lost its effectiveness in legal disputes. Since the traffic signs in the Gaeltacht areas have been written in Irish for a long time anyway, clear relationships have now been created.

pronunciation

As already mentioned, the English place name is in many cases only the phonetic imitation of the original Irish name. The pronunciation is therefore often similar or even identical in both languages. In the case of Baile na hAbhann / Ballynahown , the latter applies. In German spelling, the name can be reproduced as Bale na Haun , with the emphasis on the au in the last syllable.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Relocation of the RTE news program Nuacht to the West Coast (English) ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Complete list of name changes in the Gaeltacht areas from 2004: (Baile na hAbhann: see page 9 and page 38) (Irish / English) (PDF; 770 kB)
3. ↑ Baile na hAbhann in Ireland's place name database, with sound file for pronunciation