| Official Name: | Ballingeary |
| Native Name: | Irish: Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | County Cork |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population: | 235 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Website: | ballingeary.com |
Ballingeary (in Irish pronounced as /ˌbʲeːl̪ˠ aːh ənˠ ˈɣeːɾˠhiː/) is a village in the Shehy Mountains in County Cork, Ireland.[2]
The village is located within the Muskerry Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area). According to the 2016 census, over 42% of the population speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.[3] [4] In 2022, Ballingeary had the highest proportion of Irish speakers among the population aged three years and over in Ireland, at 89%.[5]
It has an active Irish-language summer school, Coláiste na Mumhan (College of Munster), which was attended by Thomas MacDonagh in the summer of 1906. It also hosts a yearly agricultural and horticultural show.
Ballingeary is 19 km west of Macroom, on the R584 road. The River Lee rises a few kilometres west of the village, at Gougane Barra Park.