Town

Ballingarry

Baile an Gharraí

Ballingarry is a town in Limerick. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBallingarry52.47378° N · 8.86324° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homestead garraígarden, court

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 Gharraí · Irish · main form
Ballingarry · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Limerick
Barony: Connello Upper
Civil parish: Ballingarry
Coordinates: 52.47378, -8.86324
Logainm ID: 30496 ↗

Population over time

Ballingarry — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

558people · 2022

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.

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Ballingarry — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	521
2022	558

Source: CSO Census 2022 Profile 1 — Appendix Table 1: Census 2022 De Facto Population for the 2016 Towns · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Ballingarry, Limerick — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

441people · 2006

These are the historical areas published in the 2006 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.

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Ballingarry, Limerick — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census year	Population
2002	348
2006	441

Source: CSO C0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 2002 and 2006 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Ballingarry, Limerick — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

389people · 1996

These are the historical areas published in the 1996 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.

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Ballingarry, Limerick — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census year	Population
1991	420
1996	389

Source: CSO A0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 1991 and 1996 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Other census areas and years

These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.

Ballingarry, Limerick

Published census settlement populations

521people · 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.

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Ballingarry, Limerick — census population
Census year	Population
2011	527
2016	521

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Ballingarry, Co Limerick — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

570people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

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Ballingarry, Co Limerick — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	570

Source: CSO F1015 — Population, Census 2022 Built Up Areas. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Ballingarry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-08-26. How this page was prepared.