The name Stradbally derives from the Irish An tSráidbhaile, meaning roughly "the street town" or "the townland of the street", a name found in several parts of Ireland and often indicating a settlement of some age along a routeway. Burial grounds associated with such places frequently predate the formal parish system, and in Connacht many of them occupy sites with early medieval origins, sometimes linked to a lost church or a pattern tradition long since discontinued. Without more detailed records specific to this site, the precise history of the Stradbally ground remains unclear.