Ballon
Ballon is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the N80 road near Carlow town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 684 residents
- Description: village in County Carlow, Ireland
- Also known as: “Ballon, County Carlow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballykealy House and Aghade Holed Stone.
Ballykealy House
Hotel
Ballykealy House is a 19th-century great house and former estate in Ballon, County Carlow, Ireland.
Aghade Holed Stone
Archaeological site
Aghade Holed Stone or Cloghaphoill is a large holed stone and a national monument located two miles south of Tullow in Aghade, County Carlow, Ireland. Aghade Holed Stone is situated 4 km northeast of Ballon.
Altamont House
Building
Photo: Anna Maria 4574, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altamont House is a historic building best known for its ornamental gardens in County Carlow. The Robinsonian-style gardens are often referred to as "the jewel in Ireland's gardening crown". Altamont House is situated 3½ km east of Ballon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardattin and Myshall.
Ardattin
Village
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardattin is a village and townland in County Carlow, Ireland, 6 km south of Tullow. It lies in the civil parish of Ardoyne in the historical barony of Forth. Ardattin is situated 4½ km east of Ballon.
Myshall
Village
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Myshall is a village, townland and civil parish in County Carlow, Ireland. The village is 22 km southeast of Carlow town, on the slopes of Mount Leinster and on the R724 road. Myshall is situated 6 km south of Ballon.
Fennagh
Village
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Fennagh, local name Fenagh, is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. 15 km south of Carlow town, it lies on the R724 road between Bagenalstown and Myshall. The nearest town is Bagenalstown, 7.5 km to the west. Fennagh is situated 6 km southwest of Ballon.
Ballon
- Category: locality
- Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.73922° or 52° 44′ 21″ northLongitude
-6.76937° or 6° 46′ 10″ westPopulation
684Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE BONOpen location code
9C4MP6QJ+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4934654416OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Ballon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballon (Carlow konderria)”
- Basque: “Ballon”
- Breton: “Balana”
- Breton: “Ballon”
- Cebuano: “Ballon”
- Dutch: “Ballon”
- French: “Ballon”
- Georgian: “ბალონი”
- German: “Ballon”
- Irish: “Balana”
- Irish: “Ballán”
- Italian: “Ballon”
- Lithuanian: “Balonas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ballon”
- Norwegian: “Ballon”
- Persian: “بالون (شهرستان کارلو)”
- Persian: “بالون”
- Polish: “Ballon (Irlandia)”
- Polish: “Ballon”
- Russian: “Баллон”
- Slovenian: “Ballon”
- Spanish: “Ballon”
- Swedish: “Ballon, Irland”
- Swedish: “Ballon”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of Saints Peter & Paul and Ballon Graveyard.
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