Ballyagran

Ballyagran

*Béal Átha Grean*
Ballyagran Béal Átha Grean
Village
	Ballyagran Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 52°24′17″N 8°47′04″W / 52.4046°N 8.7844°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Limerick
Area
• Townland	1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Population (2016)	179
Irish grid reference	R467282

Ballyagran (Irish: Béal Átha Grean, meaning 'fordmouth of gravel')^[3] is a village and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.^[1] As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 179 people.^[2] Ballyagran is also the name of a half-parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick.^[4]

History

Evidence of ancient settlement within the townland includes a moated ringfort site.^[5]

The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Michael and was built in 1964 on the site of an earlier 19th century chapel.^[6]

Ballyagran's national school opened in 1974.^[7]

^ ^a ^b "Ballyagran Townland, Co. Limerick". townlands.ie. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Ballyagran (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Béal Átha Grean / Ballyagran". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Ballyagran, Diocese of Limerick". Catholic Parish Registers. National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "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. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Ballyagran, Limerick". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. 18 February 2021. Roman Catholic Church, dated 1964 [..] Occupying the site of an earlier church built in the early 1800s
^ "School History". ballyagrannationalschool.com. Retrieved 18 February 2021.