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Ballingarry, County Limerick

Coordinates: 52°28′26″N 8°51′47″W / 52.474°N 8.863°W / 52.474; -8.863
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Ballingarry
Baile an Gharraí
Village
Housing in Ballingarry
Housing in Ballingarry
Ballingarry is located in Ireland
Ballingarry
Ballingarry
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°28′26″N 8°51′47″W / 52.474°N 8.863°W / 52.474; -8.863
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Limerick
Irish Grid ReferenceR413361

Ballingarry (Irish: Baile an Gharraí, meaning 'town of the gardens') is a village in County Limerick in the province of Munster, Ireland. It lies between Rathkeale and Kilmallock on the R518 road.

Ballingarry had a vital weaving and linen industry until the Great Famine in 1845.

Canon Edward Joseph Hannan, one of the founders of Scottish football club Hibernian, was born in Ballingarry in 1836.[1] Ballingarry has a long tradition with hurling.[citation needed] The local association football (soccer) team is Ballingarry A.F.C.. The local junior soccer team won the Desmond League Premier Division in 2003/2004 and the following year the Granagh-Ballingarry GAA club won the county Intermediate Hurling Championship to achieve Senior status for the first time since 1910. [citation needed]

Notable people

  • Patrick Walsh, a US Senator for Georgia, was born in Ballingarry in 1840. Appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alfred H. Colquitt; subsequently elected and served from April 1894 to March 1895.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Canon Edward Joseph Hannan (1836 - 1891)". www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk. Hibernian Historical Trust. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. ^ http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk/hibernian-history/canon-hannan
  3. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000103


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