The story
- Irish · derived frombaile biataigh“victualler's townland”
- English todayballybetagh
From Irish baile biataigh (“victualler's townland”), from baile (“home”) + betagh (“victualer”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ballybetagh
Today it means: A division of land in Ireland equal to 480 Irish acres (approximately 315 hectares or 778 statute acres) of arable land. Full definition →
Irish baile biataigh