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Ballyheige

Ballyheigue, officially Ballyheige, is a coastal town and civil parish in , Ireland. It is 18 km northwest of along the R551 road. It is a scenic locale which forms part of the Wild Atlantic Way and has several miles of beaches that connect to to the south, and to the north.
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Photo: Rubensni, Public domain.
  • Type: Village with 724 residents
  • Description: village in County Kerry, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Ballyheigue”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ballyheigue Castle.

Castle
Photo: Kglavin, CC BY-SA 2.5.
, in Ballyheigue, , is a ruined Tudor-gothic-revival-style mansion. It was used as a residence of the Crosbie family and later as a jail. It has been burned twice. It is currently part of a golf course.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilmoyley and Causeway.

Hamlet
, officially Kilmoyly, is a village in , . It is 6 km southeast of Ballyheigue, and 10 km north of . Kilmoyly is in a civil parish of the same name. is situated 4½ km east of Ballyheige.

Hamlet
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in in Ireland. In the village there is one shop/post office, two hairdressers, a fast food outlet, a funeral home, a bakery and four pubs. is situated 7 km east of Ballyheige.

Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only 8 km from . is situated 8 km southeast of Ballyheige.

Ballyheige

Latitude
52.38929° or 52° 23′ 21″ north
Longitude
-9.83524° or 9° 50′ 7″ west
Population
724
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
9C4G95Q7+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52222840
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2966562
Wiki­data ID
Q2370886
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Ballyheige” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ballyheigue”
  • Breton: “Baile Uí Thaidhg”
  • Bulgarian: “Балйхеиге”
  • Cebuano: “Ballyheige”
  • Chinese: “巴利海吉”
  • Dutch: “Ballyheigue”
  • French: “Ballyheigue”
  • German: “Ballyheigue”
  • Hebrew: “באליהייג”
  • Irish: “Baile Uí Thaidhg”
  • Italian: “Ballyheigue”
  • Russian: “Беллихейг”
  • Spanish: “Ballyheigue”
  • Swedish: “Ballyheige”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ballyheige”. Photo: Rubensni, Public domain.