placenamesCollinstown
Baile na gCailleach
Barbavilla Demesne lies within Collinstown electoral division and preserves an important part of its estate history.
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 na gCailleach · Irish · main form
- Collinstown · English · main form
Place & story
A house named for Barbara
William Smyth built Barbavilla House around 1730 and named it for his wife, Barbara Ingoldsby. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records a substantial early eighteenth-century house whose original classical details survive beneath later changes. Its nine-bay front rises over a basement, with a double-pile arrangement behind. [2]
Alteration and later ownership
A major rebuilding around 1790 introduced projecting gabled sections at the ends of the house. A two-storey entrance porch followed around 1900. The University of Galway’s estate account records the Smyths’ sale of Barbavilla in 1955. By the architectural survey of 2004, the house was used as offices associated with a factory, and industrial buildings occupied much of the surrounding grounds. [2] [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Collinstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Barbavilla House, NIAH 15400813 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Barbavilla: property 5992 · University of Galway, Landed Estates Database
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2013-11-01. How this page was prepared.