Baile Uí Thuathaláin

Ballyholan (Baile Uí Thuathaláin) bears a name meaning "townland of the O'Tuathalaíns," referring to a Gaelic sept originally from Inishowen in County Donegal. A branch of this family migrated westward to County Mayo during the seventeenth-century Plantation era, establishing themselves in the Tireragh barony where Ballyholan is located. The name "Tuathalán" derives from Old Irish túath (people...