Also written Baghna, a district in the east of the county of Roscommon, nearly co-extensive with the barony of Ballintober, north. The celebrated mountain called Sliabh Badhna, or Sliabh Baghna, now anglicised 'Slieve Baun', extends through it from north to south, nearly parallel with the River Shannon. The Firbolgs were never driven out of this territory, and the chief portion of the inhabitants at present are characteristically distinguished from the Milesian race by their jet black hair and small stature. The Editor made careful search for the name O'Baedain in the mountainous district of Slieve Badhna, in the year 1837, but could not find it. In other parts of Ireland it is anglicised Boyton.