Ballymurphy, County Carlow

Ballymurphy
Baile Uí Mhurchú
Town
Ballymurphy
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°34′17″N 6°51′44″W / 52.571521°N 6.862087°W / 52.571521; -6.862087Coordinates: 52°34′17″N 6°51′44″W / 52.571521°N 6.862087°W / 52.571521; -6.862087
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Carlow
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ballymurphy, historically Ballymurchoe[1] (Irish: Baile Uí Mhurchú), is a village in County Carlow, Ireland on the R702 regional road. It lies on the western flank of the Blackstairs Mountains. In 1986 Mark O Toole was declared "Eternal Mayor" of Ballymurphy.

Ballymurphy lies between the Carlow town of Borris and the Wexford village of Kiltealy.

Ballymurphy, County Carlow
Ballymurphy, County Carlow

References

  1. Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)

See also

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