Ballyhar
Ballyhar (Irish: Baile Uí Aichir) is a townland and electoral division in County Kerry, Ireland.[1] Located in the historical barony of Magunihy and in the civil parish of Kilcredane, the townland of Ballyhar has an area of approximately 1.2 square kilometres (0.5 sq mi).[2]
There are a number of ancient ring fort and enclosure sites in the townland.[3] The Catholic church in Ballyhar was built in the 1820s.[4][5] This church, the Church of the Sacred Heart, is in the ecclesiastical parish of Firies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry.[6] Local sports teams include an association football (soccer) club, Ballyhar Dynamos FC,[7] and Ballyhar-Firies GAA club.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Baile Uí Aichir/Ballyhar". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Ballyhar Townland, Co. Kerry". townlands.ie. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Record of Monuments and Places - County Kerry. Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1998.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Kilcredane". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Dublin: Lewis.
In the R, C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Fieries; the chapel at Ballyhar is a modern building
- ^ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Aglish". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Dublin: Lewis.
a chapel was built within the last fourteen years at Ballyhar
- ^ "Firies – Diocese of Kerry". dioceseofkerry.ie. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Ballyhar Dynamos - About". ballyhardynamos.ie. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Kilfeather, Vivion (29 June 2011). "Kerry brothers take court action as GAA insists they play for parish club". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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