Béal Átha na nEach

The Irish name Béal Átha na nEach ('mouth of the ford of the horses') describes a geographical feature marking where a ford crossing met an opening or approach, with associations to horse travel. Ballinagh developed as a market town within the parish of Kilmore in the barony of Clonmahon, in the historic region of East Breffny, which was dominated by Gaelic Irish O'Reilly chieftains for nearly ...