Ballingarry, North Tipperary

Ballingarry
Irish: Baile an Gharraí
Village
Ballingarry
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°01′N 8°02′W / 53.02°N 8.03°W / 53.02; -8.03Coordinates: 53°01′N 8°02′W / 53.02°N 8.03°W / 53.02; -8.03
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County Tipperary
Elevation 76 m (249 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Urban 575
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference R978962

Ballingarry (Bhaile an Gharraí in Irish)[1] is a civil parish and a townland in the barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is located on the N52 between Borrisokane and Birr.

Ballingarry is in the Dáil constituency of [[Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Offaly]] which incorporates 24 electoral divisions that were previously in the Tipperary North Dáil constituency.[2]

Buildings of note

Ballingarry House is a two-storey house which appears on the Council's Record of Protected Structures (ref S21)[3] Within the bawn walls of medieval Ballingarry castle a structure containing 18 bee boles was built about 1820. Constructed of limestone they were designed to keep skeps for nearby Ballingarry House.[4]

Lismacrory Mounds are a collection of Bronze/Iron Age sites located 2.2 km (1.4 mi) to the north of Ballingarry.[5]

The Church of Ireland church is listed as being of architectural, artistic and archeological interest.[6]

Sport and recreation

Knockshegowna GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ballingarry. The club are part of the North Tipperary GAA division. The club have been North Tipperary Junior Hurling Champions on nine occasions.[7][8]

Ballingarry is on the route of the Beara-Breifne Way, a long-distance walking and cycling trail from the Beara Peninsula in County Cork to Blacklion in County Cavan.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford - Tipperary - Laois - Offaly - Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 14 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Appendicies". North Tipperary County Council. Archived from the original on November 19, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Ballingarry Castle, Tipperary North: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  5. ↑ https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Tipperary-(NR)-Manual-(1998)-0046.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN&regno=22400810#
  7. ↑ "Honours". Knockshegowna.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Fixtures". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  9. ↑ http://bbgreenway.com/towns/ballingarry.html
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.