Ballyagran
Béal Átha Grean
Village
Ballyagran is located in Ireland
Ballyagran
Ballyagran
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°24′17″N 8°47′04″W / 52.4046°N 8.7844°W / 52.4046; -8.7844
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Limerick
Area
[1]
 • Townland1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
179
Irish grid referenceR467282

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ballyagran Townland, Co. Limerick". townlands.ie. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Ballyagran (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Béal Átha Grean / Ballyagran". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ballyagran, Diocese of Limerick". Catholic Parish Registers. National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  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. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "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
  7. ↑ "School History". ballyagrannationalschool.com. Retrieved 18 February 2021.


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