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Ballyfin GAA

Ballyfin GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club located in the village of Ballyfin in County Laois, Ireland.The club colours are green and white. The club grounds are at Cappinrush, beside Ballyfin's Roman Catholic church. Ballyfin have won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship on 3 occasions; in 1970 defeating Ballinakill, in 1985 defeating Clonaslee and most recently in 2006 defeating Colt. Prior to their 1970 win, in 1967 Ballyfin defeated traditional rivals Clonaslee in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship final to gain promotion to the intermediate ranks. In 1972 they made their one and only appearance in the Laois Senior Hurling Championship final, losing out to Borris-in-Ossory. In 2005 Ballyfin captured the Laois Under 21 "B" Hurling Championship, defeating Abbeyleix-Ballypickas at O'Moore Park. Ballyfin, in addition to competing at intermediate level, also field a junior B hurling team. This is courtesy of their 1999 final victory over Ballylinan in the Laois Junior "C" Hurling Championship. Ballyfin also have gaelic football teams and compete in the senior and junior C grades. Ballyfin's rise in football was started in the late 1980s when the team progressed from division five to division one. In 1995 Ballyfin won the Laois Junior Football Championship beating Ballyroan in the final and again lifted the trophy in 2010 after a narrow win over Spink in the final. In 2001 and 2004, they won the Laois Under 21 "B" Football Championship. In 2008 and 2013 they won the Laois All-County Football League Division 3 title. In 2014, Ballyfin defeated Timahoe in the final to win their first Laois Intermediate Football Championship title and gain senior status in football for the first time in 2015. Laois senior football player James Finn is a member of the club, as is Oliver Phelan who managed Laois to their 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. Achievements Laois Senior Hurling Championships: Runner-Up 1972 Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2025 Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship: (3) 1970, 1985, 2006 Laois Junior Hurling Championships: (1) 1967 Laois Junior B Hurling Championships: (1) 1999 Laois Under-21 B Hurling Championships (1) 2005 Laois Intermediate Football Championships: (1) 2014 Laois Junior Football Championships: (2) 1995, 2010 Laois Junior C Football Championships: (1) 2021 Laois Under-21 B Football Championships (2) 2001, 2004 Laois All-County Football League Div. 3: (5) 1993, 2008, 2013, 2019, 2021 Laois All-County Football League Div. 4: (2) 1990, 1991 Laois All-County Football League Div. 5: (1) 1995 References
Ballygally Castle

Ballygally Castle ist ein im nordirischen Dorf Ballygally (irisch Baile Geithligh) gelegenes Schloss. Es befindet sich etwa 5 Kilometer nördlich der Stadt Larne. Geschichte Das Schloss wurde 1625 von einem Schotten namens James Shaw und dessen Frau Isabella Brisbane erbaut. Das Ehepaar stammte ursprünglich aus Greenock, wanderte 1606 nach Irland aus und ließ sich 1613 in Ballygally nieder. Kurze Zeit später pachtete Shaw für 24 Pfund im Jahr vom Earl of Antrim Land, auf dem er das Gebäude errichtete. Während der Irischen Rebellion von 1641 versuchte die in Glenarm stationierte irische Garnison mehrfach, das Schloss einzunehmen, scheiterte jedoch immer. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurde das Gebäude erweitert. Bis 1799 blieb es in Besitz der Familie Shaw, dann musste William Shaw alle Besitzungen verkaufen. Das Schloss ging für 15.400 Pfund an die Familie Agnew. Nachdem das Gebäude eine Zeit lang als Station der Küstenwache gedient hatte, zog der Pfarrer Classon Porter mit seiner Familie ein und bewohnte es mehrere Jahre lang. Schließlich kaufte der Unternehmer Cyril Lord das Schloss und baute es in den 1950er Jahren zum Hotel aus. 1966 verkaufte er es für 40.000 Pfund an die Hastings Hotels Group. Das Hotel ist vom Northern Ireland Tourist Board mit vier Sternen ausgezeichnet. In den Jahren 2007 und 2014 wurde es grundlegend renoviert. Bauwerk Architektonisch weist das Schloss deutliche Einflüsse aus Schottland und Frankreich auf. Die hohen Mauern und steilen Dächer mit Dachfenstern und Erkern wurden hauptsächlich mit Baumaterial aus der näheren Umgebung errichtet. Die Mauern sind etwa 1,5 Meter dick und mit Schießscharten versehen. Verschönert wird das Gebäude durch zahlreiche Konsolen, und die Tourellen mit ihren kegelförmigen Dächern sind weithin sichtbar. Ursprünglich gab es einen Innenhof und, umgeben von hohen Mauern, einen äußeren Hof. Im Innenhof des Gebäudes befanden sich Ställe, eine kleine Brauerei und ein Taubenschlag. Durch die Eingangshalle wurde ein kleiner Wasserlauf geführt, um die Wasserversorgung der Bewohner im Falle einer Belagerung zu sichern. Das heute im Schloss befindliche Hotel hat 54 Zimmer. Es ist das einzige Gebäude aus dem 17. Jahrhundert in Nordirland, das noch zu Wohnzwecken genutzt wird. Einzelnachweise Weblinks Homepage des Ballygally Castle Hotels Eintrag auf britainirelandcastles.com
Ballygally Castle

Ballygally Castle is in the village of Ballygally, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located approximately 3 miles (5 kilometres) north of Larne. The castle overlooks the sea at the head of Ballygally Bay. It is now run as a hotel and is reputed to be one of the most haunted places in Ulster. History The castle was built in 1625 by James Shaw of Scotland, who had come to the area and rented the land from Randal MacDonnell, the Catholic Earl of Antrim for £24 a year. Although it is sometimes claimed to be the oldest occupied building in Ireland, Castle Upton is somewhat older. Over the main entrance door to the castle, leading to the tower, is the Middle Scots inscription "Godis Providens is my Inheritans". The bawn and walled garden are registered as Scheduled Historic Monuments at grid ref: D3725 0781. During the Great Rebellion of 1641, the Irish garrison stationed at Glenarm tried to take the castle, then more fortified than today, several times but without success. In the late 1730s, the Shaw children were tutored by the later pioneering educator and master of a Belfast "play school", David Manson. For many years, one of the apartments in the castle was known as the "Manson room". Around 1760, the castle buildings were extended as the squire, Henry Shaw, married a Miss Hamilton, who had two sisters and who all came to live within the castle. In 1799, the castle passed to William Shaw, the last squire of Ballygally. The family's wealth was exhausted, and within a few years he sold the property. It then passed through several hands, including use as a coastguard station, before being purchased in the early 1950s by Cyril Lord. The textile millionaire refurbished the castle as the hotel seen today. Paranormal enthusiasts, such as Jeff Belanger, suggest that the castle is haunted. Architecture The rectangular Scottish baronial-style castle has four storeys, walls of about 1.5 metres thick, four corner turrets and a flanking tower at the northeast side with an entrance and stone spiral stairs. Originally it was enclosed by a bawn with four corner turrets. In the 1840s, the side nearest the sea was removed to accommodate the new coast road. See also Castles in Northern Ireland List of castles in Ireland References
Castillo de Ballygally

El Castillo de Ballygally​ (en inglés: Ballygally Castle) esta en el pueblo de Ballygally, Condado de Antrim, Irlanda del Norte, que se encuentra aproximadamente a tres millas al norte de Larne. El castillo tiene un panorama del mar en el tope de la bahía Ballygally. Ahora funciona como un hotel, siendo el único edificio del siglo XVII que todavía se utiliza como residencia en Irlanda del Norte, y tiene fama de ser uno de los lugares más frecuentados de la provincia. El castillo es descrito como "una postal viviente, un encantador castillo señorial, casi de color verde azulado escocés con vistas al mar en Irlanda del Norte" Historia El castillo fue construido en 1625 por James Shaw de Escocia,​ quien había llegado a la zona y había alquilado el terreno a Randal MacDonnell, primer conde de Antrim, por 24 libras al año.​ Sobre la puerta de entrada principal del castillo, que conduce a la torre, se encuentra su inscripción en escocés medio: «Godis Providens is my Inheritans».​ El bawn y el jardín amurallado están registrados como Monumentos Históricos Programados con la referencia de cuadrícula D3725 0781.​ Durante la Gran Rebelión de 1641, la guarnición irlandesa estacionada en Glenarm intentó tomar el castillo, entonces más fortificado que hoy, varias veces, pero no tuvieron éxito.​ En 1799, el castillo pasó a manos de William Shaw, el último escudero de Ballygally pero la fortuna familiar se agotó, y en pocos años vendió la propiedad. Pasando por varias manos, incluyendo su uso como estación de guardacostas, antes de ser adquirida a principios de la década de 1950 por Cyril Lord, un millonario textil que restauró el castillo como el hotel que se ve hoy.​​ Entusiastas de lo paranormal, sugieren que el castillo está embrujado.​ Véase también Hotel Cadena hotelera Hostelería Referencias
Ballygarvan GAA

Ballygarvan GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Ballygarvan, County Cork, Ireland. The club fields teams in hurling, Gaelic football and camogie. The club plays in the Carrigdhoun division of Cork GAA. History The earliest reference to Ballygarvan National Hurling Club occurs in 1828 in an account of the South Cork Hurling Championship. The club won the county senior championship title, defeating Bartlemey in 1879, in a competition predating the formation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884. The Ballygarvan club was a founding-member of the Cork County Board in December 1886 and was involved in its activities in the association's formative years. The club contested, without success, the county finals of 1888 and 1896. The establishment of the Divisional Boards in 1924 led to the Ballygarvan club participating in the various Carrigdhoun-controlled competitions. During the Emergency (WWII), a new parish team under the name Owenabue Rovers emerged. Between 1946 and 1980, the club participated in South-East divisional competitions as St Garvan's. Gaelic football had a chequered history within the club with intermittent surges of interest in the 1930s and 1960s. It was not until the 1970s that teams competed with regularity in the various competitions. Since the turn of the 21st century, the club has won 9 divisional championship titles, seven in football and two in hurling. On 19 September 2010, Ger Spillane became the first Ballygarvan club player to win an All-Ireland medal at senior level. He was a member of the Cork senior football team that defeated Down by 0–16 to 0–15 in the All-Ireland final. Grounds Páirc Liam Mhic Cárthaigh in Ballygarvan was officially opened on 22 April 1984. The grounds are named in honour of Liam MacCarthy whose father, Eoghan, had emigrated to London from Ballygarvan in 1851. Honours Cork Junior Hurling Championship (1): 2004 Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2004 South East Junior A Hurling Championship (2): 1977, 2004 South East Junior A Football Championship (7): 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2023, 2024, 2025 Notable players The following players represented Cork senior inter-county championship teams: Emer Dillon - Cork camogie Seán Brady - Gaelic footballer Aodán Mac Gearailt - Kerry footballer Ger Spillane - senior football Stephen White - senior hurling References External links Official website
Ballygunner Castle

Ballygunner Castle is a country house in the Ballygunner area of County Waterford in Ireland. It is believed to be built on the site of a former Viking stronghold. The main structure of the house includes a combination of medieval and 17th century building, with evidence of further modifications in the 18th and 19th centuries. The house has historically been associated with the Fitzgerald/Purcell Fitzgerald family (of Little Island Castle) who were landowners in the area into the 19th century. References
Ballyhea GAA

Ballyhea GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ballyhea, County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the North Cork Board and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling, but also fields teams in Gaelic football. A senior club since 2015, the first team currently competes in the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship, the second tier of the Cork club hurling. History Located in the village of Ballyhea, about 4 km from Charleville, Ballyhea GAA Club was established in 1886. It was one of the 21 clubs that affiliated to the Cork County Board at its inaugural meeting in December 1886. The new club made its first appearance in the Cork SHC in 1888. Arguably, Ballyhea's greatest ever success came in 1896 when the club beat Ballygarvan by 6–10 to 1–02 to win the Cork SHC. They remain the only club from North Cork to have won title title. Ballyhea eventually dropped down the ranks but made a return in 1930 when they won the Cork JHC titles, with further titles being won in 1955 and 1976. These were followed by a return to the top tier with Cork IHC titles in 1931, 1944 and 1980. After an 88-year absence, Ballyhea returned to the Cork SHC final in 1988, however, St Finbarr's won by 1–15 to 2–04. There was a second Cork SHC final defeat 11 years later in 1995, when Na Piarsaigh beat Ballyhea by 1–12 to 3–01. Ballyhea claimed the Cork PIHC title for the first time when, in 2014, they beat Newcestown in the final. Honours Cork Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1896 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2014 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 1931, 1944, 1980 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (3): 1930, 1955, 1976 North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (10): 1930, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1975, 1976 Cork Junior B Inter-Divisional Hurling Championship (1): 2022 North Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (5): 1944, 1948, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2022 Cork Minor A Hurling Championship (1): 2001 Cork Minor C Hurling Championship (1): 2011 Notable players Neil Ronan: All-Ireland SHC–winner (1999, 2005) Jack Russell: All-Ireland U21HC–winner (1966). References External links Ballyhea GAA website
Ballyheigue GAA

Ballyheigue GAA is a hurling and Gaelic football club in the Ballyheigue area of north County Kerry, Ireland. The club competes at all levels of hurling at county and North Kerry and also plays some underage football as well as competing in the county junior football league and the county novice football shield. History The club was founded in 1892. The field, which is named after John Joe O'Sullivan, was purchased in the 1950s. Club rooms were later built in 1974. A new ball alley, dressing rooms and a meeting room were opened in 2006. The Ballyheigue GAA have won the County Senior County Championship five times: in 1946, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000. Honours Hurling Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1946, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000 Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1975 Kerry Junior Hurling Championship (3): 2018, 2019, 2020 Kerry Under-21 hurling championship (6): 1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Kerry Minor Hurling Championship (3): 1960, 1982, 1992 County Senior Hurling League (Div 1) (3): 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011 County Minor Hurling League (Div 1) (1): 1991 North Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1946, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2007 North Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 1969, 1975 North Kerry Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1926 North Kerry Under-21 Hurling Championship (5): 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995 North Kerry Minor Championship (3): 1991, 1994, 1996 North Kerry Senior Hurling League (5): 1991, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007 North Kerry Intermediate Hurling League (1): 2007 Football Kerry Novice Football Championship (1): 1991 Junior County Football League (Div. 4) (1): 2003 Notable players Michael ‘Boxer’ Slattery John Healy Brendan O'Sullivan References External links Official Ballyheigue GAA website (archived 2007)
Ballylongford GAA

Ballylongford GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from the village of Ballylongford in County Kerry, Ireland. They have won 13 North Kerry Senior Football Championships. Honours North Kerry Senior Football Championship: 13 1940, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1953, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1993, 2000 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship: 3 1971,1972, 1976, Notable players Paddy Kelly All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. John Kennedy Three time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Éamonn O'Donoghue Two time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Five time National Football League winner. Paudie O'Donoghue Two time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Five time National Football League winner. Johnny Walsh five time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. References
Ballymoney High School

Ballymoney High School is a secondary school located in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. As of 2012, it had an enrollment of over 660 pupils and an average annual intake of approximately 130 new pupils each year. In 2016, a new expansion of the school was built, and in 2017 it was officially named the 'Holmes wing'. It was named after Mollie Holmes OBE, a retired mayor of Ballymoney who died at age 101. Notable alumni Past pupils of the school include Stephen Carson (an association football player with Glasgow Rangers) and Mervyn Storey (DUP politician). References External links Ballymoney High School
Ballymurreen

Ballymurreen (Irish: Baile Amoraoin), also written Ballymoreen, is a civil parish and an electoral division in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the barony of Eliogarty. As a Church of Ireland parish, it was in the diocese of Cashel. The ruins of a church are still to be seen in Ballymurreen townland, at the junction of a minor road from Holycross with the R639, but there was no parish church in modern times, members of the established church attending services in the neighbouring parish of Borrisleigh, at Littleton which is located between the exclave of Rathcunikeen and the main part of Ballymoreen. Electoral division The code number assigned to the electoral division by the Central Statistics Office is 22062. At the time of both the 1911 census, the division was smaller than the civil parish of the same name, containing just three townlands (Curraheen, Parkstown and Liskeveen) of the seven that belong to the civil parish; the four other townlands from Ballymurreen civil parish belonged to Littleton electoral division. At the time of the 2011 census, the total population of Ballymurreen electoral division was 254, of which 150 were male and 104 female. There were 103 dwellings, of which 10 were vacant. Townlands of the civil parish Ballymurreen contains seven townlands: Ballymurreen, Curraheen, Liskeveen, Newtown, Parkstown, Rahinch and Rathcunikeen (which is actually detached from the rest of the parish, forming an enclave within the neighbouring parish of Borrisleigh). Together they amount to a total of 2870 statute acres; of these about 500 acres are bog and most of the remainder is used for dairying and tillage. Castle The site of Ballymurreen Castle, no longer standing, is just across the road from the ruins of the church and graveyard in Ballymurreen townland. See also List of civil parishes of Tipperary References
Ballyoan Cemetery

Ballyoan Cemetery is a cemetery in Derry, Northern Ireland. The cemetery is located on a hillside off the Rossdowney Road, Waterside, Derry. It looks out over the River Foyle and the city towards the Donegal Mountains. The cemetery was planned due to City Cemetery and the Altnagelvin Cemetery (instituted 1960) being full and was opened in 1991. Ballyoan itself is expected to reach capacity by the end of the 2020s. In the mid-1990s, over 400 human remains were found at the Waterside Workhouse. These remains, believed to be of people who died during the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, were later interred in the cemetery. The cemetery is not segregated like many others. Derry City Council planned and built a Temple of Rest on site, but later changed its purpose to a cemetery caretaker's residence and then to a storage facility for council equipment. It is now empty and redundant. References External links Ballyoan Cemetery at Find a Grave
Ballypickas GAA

Ballypickas GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club in County Laois, Ireland. Ballypickas is located near Abbeyleix and the club grounds are at the quaintly named Cobbler's Hill. The club colours are green and gold hoops. History The club has won many honours over the year's including the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship twice, in 1937 and 1964. Ballypickas holds the record for wins in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship with no less than ten titles in the grade. The first of these came back in 1931, with the most recent in 2024. Ballypickas returned to winning ways in 2007 with a great win in the final of the Laois Junior B Hurling Championship over The Harps and a win over St. Fintans, Colt in the final of the Laois Junior C Hurling Championship to complete a memorable championship double. Ballypickas hurling players usually play their football with Spink or Ballyroan. Achievements Laois Intermediate Hurling Championships: (2) 1937, 1964 Laois Junior Hurling Championships: (10) 1931, 1936, 1945, 1955, 1963, 1985, 1994, 2021, 2024 Leinster Special Junior Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2015 Laois Junior B Hurling Championships: (1) 2007 Laois Junior C Hurling Championships: (1) 2007 References
Ballyroan Abbey GAA

Ballyroan Abbey GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland. History The original Ballyroan GAA club was founded in 1887. The club colours were originally royal blue with a dominant white V on the front, later being changed to sky blue and navy. The Ballyroan GAA club won eight Laois Senior Football Championship titles in its own right, the most recent of which was in 1992. Ballyroan Gaels was a temporary amalgamation of the two neighbouring clubs, Abbeyleix and Ballyroan. This amalgamation was made permanent in 2007, when they became known as Ballyroan Abbey GAA. This was also a year of great surprise, when they lost to The Heath in a relegation play-off game meaning they would take part at intermediate rather than senior level in 2008. However, 2008 saw the club make a swift return to senior ranks with a 1-12 to 0-10 win over Park/Ratheniska in the final of the Laois Intermediate Football Championship . By December of the same year, the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship had been added, with a win over Meath champions St Ultans in the final. In the 2009 season, the club skirted relegation with the lowest point being a loss to Crettyard in Laois Senior Football Championship before holding on to beat The Rock in that year's relegation playoff. However, 2010 saw the club impacted by injuries and transfers and they were relegated from senior ranks after four successive championship defeats. In 2014, the club again returned to senior football having won the 2013 Laois Intermediate Football Championship. It was their third attempt in a row to win a final and this time they came out on top. Achievements Laois Intermediate Football Championship (2) 2008, 2013 Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship: (1) 2013 Laois All-County Football League Div. 2: (1) 2012 Laois All-County Football League Div. 4: (1) 2017 Notable players Padraig McMahon MJ Tierney References