ballybetagh

== English == === Alternative forms === ballibetoe ballybeto ballybetoe === Etymology === From Irish baile biataigh (“victualler's townland”), from baile (“home”) + betagh (“victualer”). === Noun === ballybetagh (plural ballybetaghs) (historical) A division of land in Ireland equal to 480 Irish acres (approximately 315 hectares or 778 statute acres) of arable land. === References === === Further reading === Patrick Weston Joyce (1903), A Social History of Ancient Ireland: Treating of the Government, Military System, and Law ; Religion, Learning, and Art ; Trades, Industries, and Commerce ; Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life, of the Ancient Irish People, page 40: “[…] ballys or ballybetaghs (Irish baile-biataigh). Each ballybetagh contained 12 sesreachs or ploughlands, and each ploughland 120 large Irish acres. A bally or townland was of a size sufficient to sustain four herds of cows of 75 each, […]”