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Griston Bog, on the west side of the village, is a noted nature reserve and bird sanctuary, with numerous birds, insects and plants. |
Griston Bog, on the west side of the village, is a noted nature reserve and bird sanctuary, with numerous birds, insects and plants. |
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Ballylanders Soccer Club |
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Ballylanders Soccer Club which was established in 1987 continues to be one of the most active and vibrant clubs in the community. The club caters for boys and girls of all age groups and has over 200 registered members the club purchased its own grounds in 1992 and the 7.5 acre facility comprises of a clubhouse, two full size playing pitches and a full size floodlit training pitch. Recently the club has developed an amenity walk around the perimeter of its ground and has completed the planting of 250 Native hardwood trees in part of our facility which was unsuitable for development as a playing area. |
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Development work on our facility is funded through our weekly Lotto with tickets available from local pubs and Shops |
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== Famous people == |
== Famous people == |
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Revision as of 14:46, 31 July 2009
Template:Infobox Irish Place [Ballylanders][1] is a village in east County Limerick, in Ireland. The name comes from the Irish Gaelic Baile an Londraigh, the town of An Londrach An Londrach -- from the surname de Londra (Landers). Another understanding of the origin of the name, and the one which is given in most dictionaries of Irish placenemaes, would have it that "Baile an Londraigh" means "town of the Londoner".
There is a holy well very close to the village which is the focal point the "Pattern day", held on the 15th of August, and this is one of the major such fair days in the locality. The modern parish church is a round church, the first in the country.
Ballylanders won the Limerick county Senior Football championship in 1917, 1999 and 2007.
Griston Bog, on the west side of the village, is a noted nature reserve and bird sanctuary, with numerous birds, insects and plants. Ballylanders Soccer Club Ballylanders Soccer Club which was established in 1987 continues to be one of the most active and vibrant clubs in the community. The club caters for boys and girls of all age groups and has over 200 registered members the club purchased its own grounds in 1992 and the 7.5 acre facility comprises of a clubhouse, two full size playing pitches and a full size floodlit training pitch. Recently the club has developed an amenity walk around the perimeter of its ground and has completed the planting of 250 Native hardwood trees in part of our facility which was unsuitable for development as a playing area. Development work on our facility is funded through our weekly Lotto with tickets available from local pubs and Shops
Famous people
Frank Dineen (1862-1916)
Frank Dineen was one of Munster's most promising athletes of the early 1880s. The only person to hold both posts of president (1885-1898) and Secretary (1898-1901) of GAA. As Secretary he tried to restore financial stability when the Association was threatened with bankruptcy. In 1908 he bought the Croke Park site out of own pocket in 1908 for £3,250. He was the writer of the Gaelic column in influential weekly 'Sport' for many years. Prominent in Land League and Fenian movements, he became supporter of John Redmond after turn of century. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery. The house in Ballylanders were he was born is now owned by the McDermott family.
Services
Broadband
Broadband was made available in Ballylanders in 2007 by Zone Broadband, however this company has since gone out of businesss. WTS Broadband have since filled the gap providing the community with up to 2MB up and 2MB down broadband. On the 29th April 2009 Eircom after several years enabled the exchange in the area.