Q. What is the current name of “Balnalube” Townland in Loughguile?

I have never come across the townland name before. It’s apparently no longer in use by the time of the tithes in 1832. Townlands did sometimes have more than one name and some were amalgamated or fell into disuse.  This must be one of them.

Looking at the tithes I can see some of the surnames from the 1803 census in Ballytaggart, but that’s just an observation. I can’t say it’s the correct answer to your question.

http://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/antrim/tithe-applotments/loughguile-parish.php#.XBjqXxSqCnt

Elwyn:

In casting the net a little further, I think that "Balnalube" is probably a recording or transcription error intended for Ballynaloob, in the adjacent parents of Killagan:

https://www.townlands.ie/antrim/dunluce-upper/killagan/ballynaloob/

Many of the surnames provided above for "Balnalube" in 1803 are found in subsequent "census" records for Ballynaloob.

Your thoughts?

Perry

Yes that seems a likely explanation.

I wouldn’t regard Balnalube and Ballynaloob as a spelling error. I’d see it as just an alternative way of spelling the same place.  That’s quite common. Griffiths clerks had a go at standardizing the spelling but even today there are townlands in Antrim with alternative spellings. Tullygrawley/Tullaghgarley/Tullygarley just outside Ballymena springs to mind straight away. Just different ways of spelling the same place. Drives visitors and researchers berserk of course. But doesn’t bother us.

Bally (English) and Bailie (Irish) means town or townland. Na means “of the”. Loob (Irish lub) means a loop or winding. So together it means townland of the loops. The river winds through the townland, so perhaps those were the loops being referred to. Baile na Lub in Irish. Ballynaloob in English, or something similar.

Thank you Elwyn!

Merry Christmas!