These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
Baile an Doirín· Irish · main form · validated name
Ballinderreen· English · main form
Ballindereen· English · main form · local name
Place & story
Saint Colman’s rebuilt church
Construction of Saint Colman’s Church began in 1841 under Father Thomas Kelly, with help from the Blake French family of Cloughballymore. The cruciform church was built of local stone. Serious dry rot discovered in 1972 led to extensive reconstruction, retaining only the outer walls of the building. Architect Brendan Jeffers designed the work and Patrick Scully carried it out. The old stained glass and Stations of the Cross were preserved, and Bishop Michael Browne rededicated the church on 2 September 1973.[2]
People & connections
Hurling across generations
Ballinderreen’s hurling club dates its foundation to 1884. Its players include Mick Gill, who won the delayed 1923 All-Ireland final with Galway in 1924 and then won that year’s championship with Dublin. Joe McDonagh and Noel Lane represented the club in Galway’s victorious 1980 side, while Lane also played in the 1987 and 1988 wins. McDonagh later served as president of the GAA from 1997 to 2000, taking a local sporting connection into national administration.[3]
Keeping community voices
A heritage podcast project has gathered memories from Ballinderreen’s sporting community and its families. Produced by Sally-Ann Barrett of Freeway Media, it records stories from people including Eamonn McTigue and Mattie Larkin. In a GAA interview, club chairman Mark Lane described the project as a way to preserve accounts which might otherwise be lost. He also linked the community’s recent growth to new housing in the early 2000s and to new families becoming involved in local activities.[4]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
View population figures
Ballinderreen — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.
Ballinderreen, Galway
Published census settlement populations
483people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
OConnor Bar, Ballinderreen, County Galway illustration: based on a O'Connor's Bar, Ballinderreen/Baile an Doirin by Maigheach-gheal. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
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