Ballyagran Explained

Ballyagran
Native Name:Irish: Béal Átha Grean
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Limerick
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Blank1 Title:Townland
Area Blank1 Km2:1.3
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population:179
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:52.4046°N -8.7844°W
Blank Name:Irish grid reference

Ballyagran [3] is a village and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.[1] As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 179 people.[2] Ballyagran is also the name of a half-parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick.[4]

History

Evidence of ancient settlement within the townland includes a moated ringfort site.[5]

The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Michael and was built in 1964 on the site of an earlier 19th century chapel.[6]

Ballyagran's national school opened in 1974.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ballyagran Townland, Co. Limerick . townlands.ie . 17 February 2021 .
  2. Web site: Ballyagran (Ireland) Census Town . City Population . 17 February 2021 .
  3. Web site: Béal Átha Grean / Ballyagran . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 17 February 2021 .
  4. Web site: Ballyagran, Diocese of Limerick . National Library of Ireland . Catholic Parish Registers . 17 February 2021 .
  5. Web site: Record of Monuments and Places as established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 - County Limerick. National Monuments and Historic Properties Service . 1997. 18 February 2021 .
  6. Web site: Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Ballyagran, Limerick . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 18 February 2021 . Roman Catholic Church, dated 1964 [..] Occupying the site of an earlier church built in the early 1800s .
  7. Web site: School History . ballyagrannationalschool.com . 18 February 2021.

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