Ballinskelligs
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| Baile an Sceilg Ballinskelligs |
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| Coordinates: 51°49′33″N 10°16′20″W / 51.825885°N 10.272217°WCoordinates: 51°49′33″N 10°16′20″W / 51.825885°N 10.272217°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Irish Grid Reference | V429657 |
| Baile an Sceilg is the only official name. | |
Baile an Sceilg[1] (English: homestead of the rocks),[2] anglicised as Ballinskelligs, is a Gaeltacht village in the south-west of the Iveragh peninsula (Uíbh Ráthach) in County Kerry, Ireland.
The rocks referred to in the village's Irish name are Skellig Michael (Sceilg Mhichíl) and Little Skellig, an ancient monastic colony which lies off the coast from Ballinskellings. The town is also the site of a beach, the ruins of a priory of Augustinian Canons Regular, and the remains of a Mac Carthy castle.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ Deidre Flanagan et al.: Irish Place Names, Gill & Macmillan, 1994, ISBN 0-7171-2066-X, p. 172
- ^ Lord Killanin and Michael V. Duignan: The Shell Guide to Ireland, Ebury Press, London 1967, p. 86
[edit] See also
- List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland (County Kerry)
- List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
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