What is recorded here

Ballyorlade, also called Orchardston, vanished before the 1571 Elizabethan grant reached Owen mac Hugh O'Dempsie. The Earle of Kildare still claimed it within his Manor of Leigh, suggesting its fields, hearths or boundaries remained familiar enough to argue over. A deserted village does not stop existing merely because people left it; it continues inside the names, claims and memories of those who could still picture it.

Unlocated village within townland mentioned in 1571 Elizabethan land grant to Owen mac Hugh O'Dempsie although the Earle of Kildare does lay claim tot he villages of 'Ballycarroll, Ballyteighduffe, Ballyodin alias Boydonstowne, Dirryfunchin alias Dirryfunchior, Ballyorlade (Abhalghort) alias Orchardston (Ullard), Ballinurcher, Clomany and Kilmorhcil , as parcell of the said Earl's Manor of Leigh' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, p. 52). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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