Ballymore Eustace
An Baile Mór | |
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Town | |
 Ballymore Eustace town square | |
  Ballymore Eustace Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°08′01″N 6°36′52″W / 53.13373°N 6.61438°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Population (2022)[1] | 689 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N924094 |
Ballymore Eustace (Irish: An Baile Mór, meaning 'the big town')[2] is a small town situated in County Kildare in Ireland, although until 1836 it lay within an exclave of County Dublin. It lies close to the border with County Wicklow. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.[2]
The town's name, which is frequently shortened to "Ballymore" in everyday usage, derives from the Irish An Baile Mór ("the big town") with the addition – to distinguish it from several other Ballymores in Ireland – of the family name (Fitz)Eustace. A fuller version of the town's official name in Irish is Baile Mór na nIústasach ("big town of the Eustaces").
Prior to the Norman invasion the area was known as Críoch Ua Cormaic.[3]
- ^ "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ a b "An Baile Mór/Ballymore Eustace". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Loca Patriciana, an identification of localities chiefly in Leinster, pg 24.