Ballingarry (Irish: Baile an Gharraí, meaning 'town of the garden')[2] is a village in County Limerick, Ireland. It lies between Rathkeale and Kilmallock on the R518 road. The population was 521 at the 2016 census.[1] Ballingarry had a vital weaving and linen industry until the Great Famine in 1845.

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Ballingarry Baile an Gharraí
Village
Housing in Ballingarry
Ballingarry Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.474°N 8.863°W / 52.474; -8.863
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Limerick
Population  (2016)[1]	521
Eircode routing key	V94
Dialling code	069
Irish Grid Reference	R413361

Canon Edward Joseph Hannan, one of the founders of Scottish football club Hibernian, was born in Ballingarry in 1836.[3] 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

• Anthony Forde, footballer with Oxford United F.C., is from the area.^{[citation needed]}
• Edward Joseph Hannan, priest and founder of Hibernian Football Club, was born and raised in Ballingarry.[4]
• 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.[5]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

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