placenamesBallingarry
Baile an Gharraí
This eastern Limerick parish is distinct from the town of Ballingarry in Upper Connello.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Gharraí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballingarry · English · main form
Place & story
Hills supporting livestock
Lewis’s 1837 account describes the Coshlea parish’s Black Mountain and Slieve-Reagh as pasture for young cattle and sheep. He also noted an improved farm managed by Mr Gabbet. A substantial bog near Grierston, on the parish border, supplied streams flowing in different directions, adding wet low ground to the district’s varied upland landscape. [2]
Fair days at the parish edge
Ballinvreena, also on the border of the parish, held fairs for horses, cattle and pigs on 21 April, 21 June, 31 August and 19 November. Lewis recorded a Catholic chapel at Glenbrohane and two pay schools teaching about 160 children. Together these references identify the trading and service places associated with this Ballingarry parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballingarry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballingarry, Costlea — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.