Ball Hill

Ball Hill is a locality in County Donegal, Ulster. Ball Hill is situated nearby to the locality Ballyboyle, as well as near Bell’s Isle.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Donegal Castle and Magherabeg Friary.

Donegal Castle

Museum

Photo: Benson Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Donegal Castle is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The castle was the stronghold of the O'Donnell clan, Lords of Tír Conaill and one of the most powerful Gaelic families in Ireland from the 5th to the 16th centuries. Donegal Castle is situated 3½ km northeast of Ball Hill.

Magherabeg Friary

Ruins

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Magherabeg Friary is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km east of Ball Hill.

Donegal Abbey

Ruins

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Donegal Abbey is a ruined Franciscan Priory in Donegal in Ireland. It was constructed by the O'Donnell dynasty in the fifteenth century and remained a center of Classical Christian education even after its destruction during the Nine Years War. Donegal Abbey is situated 3 km northeast of Ball Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donegal Town and Laghy.

Donegal Town

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Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal in northwest Ireland. With a population of 2700 in 2022, it's neither the county town — that's tiny Lifford — nor the county's largest - that's Letterkenny.

Laghy

Village

Photo: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Laghy or Laghey is a village and townland in County Donegal, Ireland, between Ballintra and Donegal Town. It is one of three villages that make up the parish of Drumholm, formerly a civil and Church of Ireland parish, now only used as a division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe. Laghy is situated 5 km southeast of Ball Hill.

Frosses

Village

Photo: Brian Herrity, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Frosses is a small village in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated in the south of the county on the R262 regional road, 7 miles west of Donegal Town. The local Catholic church is St. Mary's, located on the main street. Frosses is situated 7 km northwest of Ball Hill.

Ball Hill

Type: Locality
Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.63695° or 54° 38′ 13″ north

Longitude

-8.15544° or 8° 9′ 20″ west

Open location code

9C6HJRPV+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3808940477

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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