Ballynagaul, County Waterford

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Ballynagaul
Baile na nGall
Gaeltacht district
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Coastal path in Ballynagaul More (Baile na nGall Mór) townland
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Ballynagaul
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°02′53″N7°34′01″W / 52.048°N 7.567°W / 52.048; -7.567 Coordinates: 52°02′53″N7°34′01″W / 52.048°N 7.567°W / 52.048; -7.567
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County Waterford
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference X297885

Ballynagaul (Irish : Baile na nGall, its official name) is a Gaeltacht area within the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht na nDéise part of County Waterford. Comprising the townlands of Baile na nGall Mór and Baile na nGall Beag (Ballynagaul More and Ballynagaul Beg), [1] [2] it is located approximately 9.6 kilometres southeast of Dungarvan. The village of Ring is located in the area. [3]

Ballynagaul contains a pub (Tig an Ceoil), [4] a shop, a playground known as 'An Imearlann', [5] a small restaurant, a fishing pier (Cé Bhaile na nGall), and a beach. [4] "Criostal na Rinne", a workshop where hand-cut glassware is made is also located in Baile na nGall. [6]

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References

  1. "Baile na nGall Beag / Ballynagaul Beg". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. "Baile na nGall Mór / Ballynagaul More". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. "An Rinn / Ringville". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Port Lairge-Waterford" (PDF). Comhlacht Forbartha na nDeise. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2021 via deiseabu.files.wordpress.com.
  5. "Faoiseamh & Spraoi / Leisure - Comhlucht Forbartha na nDéise". Deise.ie. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  6. "Criostal na Rinne". Criostal.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2015. Criostal na Rinne, Ballynagaul Beg, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford