Ballyneety
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Ballyneety
Baile an Fhaoitigh | |
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Village | |
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  Ballyneety Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°35′50.7″N 08°32′55.2″W / 52.597417°N 8.548667°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Limerick |
| Population | 586 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
Ballyneety (Irish: Baile an Fhaoitigh, meaning 'Town of An Faoiteach, from the surname de Faoite'[2]) is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, located approximately 10 km from Limerick city.[3]
The village has an 18-hole golf course,[4] petrol station, several takeaway restaurants, a pub, a post office, a garden centre, a car dealership, a credit union, a Garda station, and a funeral home.[citation needed]
Local resident
[edit]- Dermot O'Hurley (c.1530 - 20 June 1584), one of the 24 Irish Catholic Martyrs. While born into the Gaelic nobility of Ireland at or near Emly, the future Archbishop of Cashel was raised at Lickadoon Castle, near Ballyneety.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ballyneety (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Baile an Fhaoitigh/Ballyneety". The Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ^ Gallagher, Alanna. "What a heavenly home: from dilapidated church to chic retreat". The Irish Times. Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Ballyneety Golf Club | 18 hole Championship Limerick". www.ballyneetygolfclub.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Patrick J. Cornish; Benignus Millet, eds. (2005), The Irish Martyrs, Dublin: Four Courts Press, p. 66
External links
[edit]- "Ballyhoura Community - Home Home (938)". ballyhoura.com. 21 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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