Baile an Phrútartaigh

The Irish form Baile an Phrútartaigh, given as the town of An Prútartach, is built on a personal form of the surname Proudfoot, following a common Meath pattern of baile plus a surname. The townland takes its name from a family of that name. The Proudfoot family appears in the records early. A 1253 entry places an Alan Prutfot as tenant of the manor of Dowth, the parish to which the townland b...