Baile Mhistéala

Baile Mhistéala derives from the Anglo-Norman family de Saint Michel, who established a 13th-century settlement called Villa Michel at or near the present site. The Irish placename combines baile (town) with the genitive possessive form of the surname, adapted phonetically as Mistéal. Before Mitchelstown proper, the 7th-century monastic settlement of Brigown ("Brí Ghabhann," hill of the smiths...