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Ballinskelligs

Ballinskelligs, officially Baile an Sceilg, is a townland in the civil parish of Prior, , . It may also refer to the wider district around the townland.
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  • Type: Village with 375 residents
  • Description: settlement and area in County Kerry Ireland
  • Also known as: “Baile an Sceilg”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ballinskelligs Castle and Ballinskelligs Priory.

Ruins
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a castle located near Ballinskelligs on the Iveragh Peninsula in , . The castle is situated on the western shore of Ballinskelligs Bay, on a narrow promontory which is subject to heavy erosion.

Cemetery
Photo: Chris06, Public domain.
Ballinskelligs Abbey was an Augustinian priory. It is located on the Iveragh Peninsula in , Ireland. The medieval priory, built in the 12 and 13th centuries, was established as a mainland priory for the monks of who were abandoning the island due to adverse weather conditions.

Islet
is a presently uninhabited island in , Ireland, located close to between the mainland and Valentia Island. It is owned by the McGill family.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterville and Portmagee.

Village
Photo: Kemiah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, historically known as Coirean, is a village in , Ireland, on the Iveragh Peninsula. The town is sited on a narrow isthmus, with on the east side of the town, and Ballinskelligs Bay on the west, and the Currane River connecting the two. is situated 7 km east of Ballinskelligs.

Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a fishing village on the Iveragh Peninsula of , with a population in 2016 of 123. In Irish it's An Caladh, "the ferry", because it was the port for Valentia Island, but a bridge now spans the channel.

Ballinskelligs

Latitude
51.82492° or 51° 49′ 30″ north
Longitude
-10.27424° or 10° 16′ 27″ west
Population
375
United Nations Location Code
IE IBS
Open location code
9C3FRPFG+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4432315484
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2966711
Wiki­data ID
Q2474158
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Ballinskelligs” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Baile na Sceilge”
  • Basque: “Ballinskelligs”
  • Breton: “Baile an Sceilg”
  • Breton: “Ballinskelligs”
  • Bulgarian: “Балинскелигс”
  • Catalan: “Baile an Sceilg”
  • Cebuano: “Ballinskelligs”
  • Dutch: “Baile na Sceilge”
  • Dutch: “Ballinskelligs”
  • French: “Baile na Sceilge”
  • French: “Balinskellig”
  • French: “Ballinskelligs”
  • Galician: “Baile an Sceilge”
  • Galician: “Ballinskelligs - Baile an Sceilg”
  • Galician: “Ballinskelligs”
  • German: “Baile an Sceilg”
  • German: “Ballinskelligs”
  • Irish: “Baile an Sceilg”
  • Irish: “Baile na Sceilge”
  • Portuguese: “Ballinskelligs”
  • Russian: “Баллинскеллигс”
  • Spanish: “Ballinskelligs”
  • Swedish: “Ballinskelligs”
  • Turkish: “Ballinskelligs”
  • Ukrainian: “Баллінскеллігс”
  • “Baile an Sceilg”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ballinskelligs Point and Cloghaneanua.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Trá an Ghleanntáin and Ballinskelligs Beach.

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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 “Ballinskelligs”. Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.