 One proposed reconstruction of the original name is "Béal Átha na Bláiche", meaning "mouth of the ford of the buttermilk", by analogy with a similar placename in County Limerick; another version attested in literature is "Béal na Bláth" (anglicised as "Bealnablath") which can either mean "mouth of the blossom" or "mouth of the buttermilk".As of 2012, the Irish Placenames Commission considers "Béal na Blá" to be the most accurate version of the original placename.The meaning of "blá" is unclear in this context, but it may mean "green" or "lawn".