Ballygunner

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Ballygunner
Baile Gunnair
Civil Parish
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Ballygunner
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°13′15.35″N7°3′7.31″W / 52.2209306°N 7.0520306°W / 52.2209306; -7.0520306
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County Waterford

Ballygunner (Irish : Baile Gunnair), [1] is a civil parish in County Waterford, Ireland. It lies on the southern outskirts of Waterford city.

The placename is derived, in part, from the Old Norse masculine personal name Gunnarr. [2]

Ballygunner contains several townlands: Ballygunner Mhór, Knockboy, Ballinakill, Grantstown, Williamstown and Ballinamuncha.[ citation needed ]

Main facilities in the parish are the local hurling club Ballygunner GAA, the adjacent St. Mary's National School and the 19th/29th Waterford St Mary's Ballygunner Scout Group. [3]

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References

  1. Baile Gunnair, Placenames Database of Ireland , retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. Oftedal, Magne (1976), "Scandinavian place-names in Ireland", in Almqvist, Bo; David, Greene (eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress. Dublin 15-21 August 1973, Royal Irish Academy, pp. 125–133.
  3. "Fáilte go Scoil Naomh Muire, Baile Mhic Gonair | St. Mary's National School". www.ballygunner.ie. Retrieved 29 November 2016.