Ballyhahill

Ballyhahill
Baile Dhá Thuile or Baile Uí Sháithil
Village
Ballyhahill is located in Ireland
Ballyhahill
Ballyhahill
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°33′35″N 9°11′38″W / 52.5598°N 9.1938°W / 52.5598; -9.1938
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Limerick
Population
 (2016)[1]
146
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceR191460

Ballyhahill (Irish: Baile Dhá Thuile or Baile Uí Sháithil)[2] is a village and townland in County Limerick, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 146 people.[1] It is 40 km west of Limerick city. The White River flows to the east of the village.[3][4]

Name

According to the Placenames Database of Ireland, two Irish language derivations of the village name are proposed: Baile Dhá Thuile ("town of two floods") or Baile Uí Sháithil ("town of Ó Sáithil").[2] The former (Baile Dhá Thuile) has official recognition and appears on road signage around Ballyhahill.

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort sites in the townland of Ballyhahill and the neighbouring townlands of Mohernagh and Finnoo.[5] A Carnegie library was built in Ballyhahill c. 1907.[6] The local national (primary) school, Scoil Naomh Mhuire, was built in 1959.[7] As of 2017, the school had 39 pupils enrolled.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ballyhahill (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Baile Dhá Thuile / Ballyhahill". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 27 May 2021. town of two floods / Baile Dhá Thuile is the official Irish form since 1969, but according to the historical evidence it should be Baile Uí Sháithil, 'the town of Ó Sáithil'
  3. ^ "Bridge, Finoo, Ballyhahill, Limerick". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Fish kill took place beside landfill, hearing told". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2021. the White River between Gortadroma and Ballyhahill in Co Limerick
  5. ^ "Record of Monuments and Places as Established Under Section 12 of the National Monuments' (Amendment) Act 1994 - County Limerick" (PDF). National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1997.
  6. ^ "Ballyhahill Carnegie Library, Main Street, Ballyhahill, Limerick". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Ballyhahill, Ballyhahill, Limerick". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Curriculum Evaluation Report - Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Béal Átha Da Thuille, Co. Limerick" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2021. Scoil Naomh Mhuire is a co-educational, primary school [..] located in the village of Ballyhahill [..] At the time of the evaluation, there were 39 pupils enrolled