Baile an Easpaig

Bishopstown derives its name from the Irish Baile an Easpaig, where baile means town or townland and easpaig means bishop. The place comprises two townlands—Ballineaspigbeg and Ballineaspigmore—located in the civil parish of Saint Finbar's within the Cork barony, south-east of Cork city. While sources suggest the name may trace to the sixteenth century, the documented history begins in the earl...