Baile na mBodach

Baile na mBodach translates from Irish to "town of the clowns or churls," recorded in 1838 documentation. The townland is situated within Bray civil parish in Rathdown barony, located near Windgates on Bray Head. Historical records document various anglicized spellings across centuries: Shanbally Mountaine (1655–1657), Balnamudagh (1757), Ballynamuddagh (1759), and Ballynamuddock-lane (1821), r...