Baile Bhailcín

Walkinstown takes its name from Wilkins, a tenant farmer who settled in the area during the 15th century, with the Irish designation Baile Bhailcín preserving this personal name origin. The townland lies within the Crumlin civil parish in Uppercross barony, an area of considerable antiquity. Archaeological evidence attests to Bronze Age settlement, with a burial cist and cairn excavated at Walk...