Taken from a history of Banbridge

PARISH OF SEAPATRICK AND TOWNLANDS

DERIVATION OF NAMES

DR. JOYCE says-" This great name system began thousands of years ago by the first great wave of population that reached our Island, it was continued unceasingly from age to age, till it embraced the minutest features of the country in its intricate network ; and such as it sprang forth from the, minds of our ancestors, it exists almost unchanged till this day."

The Parish of Seapatrick is called in Trias. Thaum. Suidhe-Padruic, St. Patrick's sitting place. Suidhe (see). This word means a seat or sitting place. We find it variously written. In the Magennis Patent, 1610, it is Sipatrick. In map of Down (Harriss'), 1743, Sea-Patrick. Williamson's map of Down, 1810, it is Seapatrick:

TOWNLANDS

BALLYVALLY-Baille an Bhealaigh, THE TOWN OF BEALACH-ROAD OR PASS. In the grant by James I. (1611) made to John Maguiness and others this townland is given Ballinvally, alias Ballaynahnahare. On a map of the estate of the Whyte family in 1727 it is Ballyvaly.

BALLYDOWN-Baile an duin, THE TOWN OF THE DUN OR FORT. In the James I. grant it is Ballndowne ; on a map of Whyte estate, made in 1727, it is Ballydowne, and Ballydown on Williamson's map, 1810.

DUHERY-Dubhchaire, BLACK WEIR. The Whyte estate map of 1727, it is Duchery, on Williamson's map it is Doughary, in the Freehold Registry,,1830, it is Dughery.

LISNAREE-Lis-na-righ, FORT OF KINGS. In the Book of Survey-and Distribution (1661-1665) it is Lisnery, on the Subsidy Roll (1663) it is Lisineare.

TULLYEAR-Tullach fheir, HILLOCK OF THE GRASS OR GRASSY HILL. In the James I. grant .it is Tullycrie, on the 1727,Whyte estate map it is 'Tullyear; and Williamson's map Tullyears.

TULLYCONNAUGHT-Tulach Conchonnacht, CUCHONNACHT's HILL. (This personal name Cuchonnacht is now anglicised Constantine). In the Patent of James I, it is Ballitullyconnagh, on Williamson's map it is Tullyconaght.