Baile Dhá Thuile

The Irish townland name Baile Dhá Thuile translates to "the town of two floods" or "the ford at the mouth of two floods," referring to the Owvaun River flowing through the district. An alternative historical etymology, Baile Uí Sháithil, appears in sixteenth-century surveys as "Downesahell," suggesting earlier settlement by the Ó Sáithil family. Ballyhahill was incorporated into the ecclesiast...