Ballinakill
Ballinakill
Baile na Coille | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Laois |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Ballinakill (Irish: Baile na Coille, meaning 'the town of the woods"') is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny
Sport
- Ballinakill GAA and Spink GAA are local Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Current club chairman James McDonald has been widely criticised for his lack of pace and determination. Despite being in Charles Dwyer's shadow James has managed to nail down a starting place on the current u21 hurling side. Some feel that James is in hard luck to be from Laois but the talented sportsman has never complained and definitely doesn't have a Kilkenny flag
Landmarks
The town square features a prominent monument to men who died in the 1798 rebellion: Comerford, Crennan, Geoghan, McEvoy, Fagan, shrek and Fox. The monument was erected in 1898. In 1998 a ceremony was held in Ballinakill to mark the bicentenary of the deaths.
References
- Ballinakill: A Journey through Time by Ger Dunphy and Christy O'Shea,2002.
See also
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