Ballyfeeney

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Ballyfeeney

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Can anyone tell me how the place Ballyfeeney got its name? I am researching my Feeney family from Rooskey.<p>Dot Hicks
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Sean

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(User Above) wrote: : Can anyone tell me how the place Ballyfeeney got its name? I am researching my Feeney family from Rooskey.<p>: Dot Hicks<p>Bally is the anglicization of Baile which means town, townland and, in another sense, home. Thus it's the home/town/townland of the Feeney's; or at least one of them.

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(User Above) wrote: : : Can anyone tell me how the place Ballyfeeney got its name? I am researching my Feeney family from Rooskey.<p>: : Dot Hicks<p>: Bally is the anglicization of Baile which means town, townland and, in another sense, home. Thus it's the home/town/townland of the Feeney's; or at least one of them.<p>: Thank you Sean<p>

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