Ballyhar Explained

Ballyhar is a townland and electoral division in County Kerry, Ireland.[1] Located in the historical barony of Magunihy and in the civil parish of Kilcredane, the townland of Ballyhar has an area of approximately 1.2km2.[2]

There are a number of ancient ring fort and enclosure sites in the townland.[3] The Catholic church in Ballyhar was built in the 1820s.[4] [5] This church, the Church of the Sacred Heart, is in the ecclesiastical parish of Firies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry.[6] Local sports teams include an association football (soccer) club, Ballyhar Dynamos FC,[7] and Ballyhar-Firies GAA club.[8]

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52.1191°N -9.5649°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baile Uí Aichir/Ballyhar. logainm.ie . Placenames Database of Ireland . 4 April 2024 .
  2. Web site: Ballyhar Townland, Co. Kerry. townlands.ie . 4 April 2024 .
  3. Book: Record of Monuments and Places - County Kerry . 1998 . National Monuments and Historic Properties Service . Dublin .
  4. Book: . Samuel . Lewis . Lewis . 1837 . Dublin . Kilcredane . https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/K/Kilcredane-Magonihy-Kerry.php . In the R, C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Fieries; the chapel at Ballyhar is a modern building .
  5. Book: . Samuel . Lewis . Lewis . 1837 . Dublin . Aglish . https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/A/Aglish-Magonihy-Kerry.php . a chapel was built within the last fourteen years at Ballyhar .
  6. Web site: Firies – Diocese of Kerry . dioceseofkerry.ie . 4 April 2024 .
  7. Web site: Ballyhar Dynamos - About. ballyhardynamos.ie. 4 April 2024 .
  8. Web site: Kerry brothers take court action as GAA insists they play for parish club. Vivion. Kilfeather. 29 June 2011. 4 April 2024 . Irish Examiner.

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