Ballyboughal Explained

Ballyboughal
Native Name:Baile Bachaille
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Coordinates:53.5208°N -6.2667°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Dublin
Subdivision Type3:Local government area
Subdivision Name3:Fingal
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:35
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:855
Population Density Km2:auto
Area Code Type:Telephone area code
Area Code:+353(0)1
Postal Code Type:Eircode routing key
Postal Code:A41
Timezone:WET
Utc Offset:±0
Timezone Dst:IST
Utc Offset Dst:+1
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Ballyboughal is a village and district in central Fingal in County Dublin, near the Naul. The name means the town of the staff, and a major relic, the Bachal Isu, was protected in this area until Strongbow moved it to Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.[1] It is 4.4 km from Oldtown.[2]

There was a monastery in Ballyboughal sometime before the arrival of the Anglo-Normans.[3]

In addition to the Church of the Assumption, erected in 1836, and which is a chapel of ease for the parish of Naul[4] the medieval church still stands in ruins in the Old Ballyboughal Burial Ground north of the centre of the settlement. It is the place where the Bachal Isu was kept.[5] All the walls stand without the roof, and the building, which has some grave markers on the inside, is divided into a nave and chancel with doors on the north and south sides. The west gable has a triple bell cote, and the east gable has an arched window (without glass) dating from the fourteenth century.[6]

The Ballyboghil or Ballyboughal River flows eastward through the centre of the settlement. It has its source at Tobergregan, south of Garristown, and its mouth at the Rogerstown Estuary.[7]

There is a private family-run airfield, Ballyboughal Airfield,[8] ICAO code EIBB, near the village.[9]

There is a Gaelic Football Club, Ballyboughal GFC, which was founded in 1935 as Ballyboughal Rangers, but the name was changed to the current one when they merged with Fingal Ravens in 1940–41.[10] Hollywood Lakes Golf Club is situated close the village.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Myles V. Ronan . St. Patrick's Staff and Christ Church . Dublin Historical Record . 1943 . 5 . 4 (Jun. - Aug., 1943) . 121–129. 30080047 .
  2. Web site: Ballyboughal, Grange, Co. Dublin, Ireland to Oldtown, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
  3. Book: Gwynn, Aubrey . R. Neville Hadcock . amp . Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland: With an Appendix to Early Sites . 374 . Harlow: Longmans . 1970. 96266 .
  4. Web site: Naul . 27 March 2020 . Archdiocese of Dublin.
  5. Web site: Welcome to Ballyboughal . 27 March 2020 . Fingal County Council.
  6. Web site: Old Ballyboughal Church Co Dublin . 27 March 2020 . Ireland in Ruins.
  7. Book: Doyle, Joseph W . Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin . 2013 . Rath Eanna Research . 978-0956636379.
  8. Also known (Google Maps) as Balheary Flying Field. Lying within the Dublin Control Zone, this grass-strip facility holds a small number of historical aircraft, and has occasional educational activities, as well as hosting meetings of Balheary model aircraft flying club.
  9. Web site: IAP - AD1.3 Index to Aeroromes and Heliports, issue Aug-Sept 2018 . Irish Aviation Authority . 5 September 2018.
  10. Web site: Club History . 27 March 2020 . Ballyboughal GFC.
  11. Web site: Hollywood Lakes Golf Club . 27 March 2020 . Albrecht Golf Verlag GmbH.