Ballydavid Explained

Official Name:Ballydavid
Native Name:Irish: Baile na nGall
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 Kerry
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:52.2201°N -10.3609°W
Footnotes:Official name: Baile na nGall.

Baile na nGall (Irish, meaning "town of the foreigners),[1] unofficially anglicized as "Ballydavid", is a Gaeltacht village is situated on the Dingle Peninsula of County Kerry, Ireland. As the 2003 Official Languages Act revoked the status of the English language name Ballydavid, the official name is Baile na nGall.[2]

The village is near to Gallarus Castle, a 15th-century tower built by the Knight of Kerry, the holder of a hereditary knighthood belonging to the Geraldine Dynasty. It is now an Irish heritage site and stands about one kilometre from the better known and more historically significant Gallarus Oratory.

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta has a broadcast studio just outside the village.[3] The radio tower is also a transmission site for RTÉ Network Limited.

The Marilyn, Ballydavid Head, has a relative height of 247 metres.

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References

  1. http://www.logainm.ie/1165468.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. Web site: Official Languages Act 2003 . Irish Statute Book . electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) . 6 June 2024.
  3. News: O´Connell . Peter . Raidió na Gaeltachta: 10 shows that defined a station across five decades . 6 June 2024 . Irish Examiner . 29 March 2022.