placenamesCastletown
Baile an Chaisleáin
An architectural record from nearby Moig West describes a traditional thatched building.
Recorded locationCastletown52.64317° N · 8.91496° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Baile an Chaisleáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Castletown · English · main form
Place & story
A house recorded in the surrounding countryside
In nearby Moig West, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records a thatched house dating from around 1800. It has one-and-a-half storeys, a lobby entrance and a half-hipped roof with a red-brick chimney. Timber sash windows and a battened entrance door are among its recorded features. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castletown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Thatched house, Moig West: NIAH 21901111 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.