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Ballykelly

Baile Uí Cheallaigh

The company’s account and the school’s own news connect nineteenth-century patronage with later community life.

Recorded locationBallykelly55.04938° N · 7.02599° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadÓ

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 Uí Cheallaigh · Irish · main form
  • Ballykelly · English · main form

Place & story

A school founded in 1828

The Fishmongers’ Company records building Ballykelly’s original primary school in 1828 on its former plantation estate. The school was rebuilt in 1966. In a 2024 account, the company described continuing links after disposing of its lands: elements of its arms appeared in the school crest, while the woodland path was called the Fishmongers’ Trail. [2]

A visit to the woodland trail

The school’s report of 8 February 2019 describes Princess Anne visiting the previous afternoon in partnership with the company. Children demonstrated boat building and camp craft on the woodland trail. The visit also included a community mural designed by Laura Clarke. This records a particular school event within the wider Ballykelly settlement, without treating it as an annual custom. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Derry
Barony
Keenaght
Civil parish
Tamlaght Finlagan
Coordinates
55.04938, -7.02599
Mapped area
1.56 km²
Logainm ID
58009 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ballykelly. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Our Support for the Next Generation: Ballykelly Primary School, 31 July 2024 · The Fishmongers’ Company
  3. A Very Special Visit, 8 February 2019 · Ballykelly Primary School
  4. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.