placenamesGreenanstown
Baile Uí Ghrianáin
Local fieldnotes and a parish register transcription preserve different traces of Greenanstown’s past.
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 Uí Ghrianáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Greenanstown · English · main form
Place & story
The Jack Stones
At the junction of Greenanstown and Damselstown, three large stones occupy a triangular island dividing the road. The Modern Antiquarian contributor ryaner documented them in 2013 under the local name Jack Stones, later clarifying that the actual site lies in Damselstown. [2]
An emigrant in 1871
A transcription of Stamullen parish’s emigrant register records John Finigan of Greenanstown leaving for the United States on 20 March 1871. He was listed as a single labourer aged twenty. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Duleek Upper
- Civil parish
- Stamullin
- Coordinates
- 53.61405, -6.32254 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414655 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Greenanstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Greenanstown standing stones — fieldnotes of 7 April 2013 and photograph caption of 25 April 2021 · ryaner / The Modern Antiquarian
- Stamullen Emigrants 1866–1873 · Noel French / Meath History Hub
- The Jack Stones near Greenanstown, in 1976 illustration: based on a The Jack Stones, Greenanstown, Co. Meath by Kieran Campbell. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.