tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396528692546104348.post8751306835021396760..comments2022-03-26T18:41:48.089-07:00Comments on Fae tha Han o a Low Country Lad: It Baits MeAn Aul Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193618428480188831noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396528692546104348.post-56319554027755778772011-04-22T16:15:06.659-07:002011-04-22T16:15:06.659-07:00Thats a guid yin. An I ca gie ye a sort o an answe...Thats a guid yin. An I ca gie ye a sort o an answer but I cannae tak credit fur it. Fur I cum by tha answer in Wilbert MaGill's beuk o poetry 'Aboot tha Airds" On page seiventie ye'll fin a poem aboot Ballyfrenis caaed, 'Tha freenleist place o' a'.<br /><br />Wilbert tells us that Ballyfrenis wus caaed Balbriggan an Ballduldry ferby. An that thees names whur gien tae the toonland in tha sixteen hunners by tha scotch settlers. How-an-niver Jist after tha rebellion o 1790 tha postal service cudnae cope an tha heid yins caaed it Ballyfrenis.<br /><br />A scholarly cretter yinst tould me it ment 'townland of the ash trees' in Latin.An Aul Hanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193618428480188831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396528692546104348.post-39662351120612783742011-04-22T10:34:56.794-07:002011-04-22T10:34:56.794-07:00D'ye hae ony notion o hoo come the oul fowk us...D'ye hae ony notion o hoo come the oul fowk used tae caa Ballyfrenis 'Balbriggan'? A know there's a Balbriggan near Dublin, but that's a brave bit fae hame.Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12820251983224121718noreply@blogger.com