Baile Mhic Mhatha

Baile Mhic Mhatha—the town of the son of Matthew—follows the standard Irish naming convention where baile (townland or settlement) is combined with a personal or family name. The townland appears in historical records under various anglicized spellings reflecting different periods of documentation, including Lethbhaile Matha (1578), Ballymacke and Ballymacmahae (1594–1617), Ballymcnaha (1657), ...