Ballinskelligs

Ballinskelligs, officially Baile an Sceilg (Irish for "Place (town) of the craggy rock"),[2][3] is an area[4] in the south-west of the Iveragh peninsula (Uíbh Ráthach) in County Kerry, Ireland, within the Gaeltacht. The townland is in the Civil Parish of Prior and was in the Poor law union of Cahersiveen.

Ballinskelligs

Baile an Sceilg
Village
Ballinskelligs
Ballinskelligs
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°49′33″N 10°16′20″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Kerry
Population
 (2011)
 • Total375 (Electoral District)[1]
Irish Grid ReferenceV429657
Websitehttp://www.visitballinskelligs.ie
Official name: Baile an Sceilg

The rock(s) referred to in the area’s Irish name are the Skellig Islands—Skellig Michael and Little Skellig—an ancient monastic colony which lies off the coast from Ballinskelligs. The town is also the site of a beach, the ruins of Ballinskelligs Priory of Augustinian Canons Regular, and the remains of Ballinskelligs Castle.[5]

Within Ballinskelligs are the two parts of the Cill Rialaig project, the Artist Retreat in the former village of Cill Rialaig, and the Arts Centre in the village of Dun Geagan. The project is led since foundation in 1991 by local resident Noelle Campbell-Sharp of Canuig House.

The Priory, Ballinskelligs

See also

References
  1. "Table 10: Population in each county, city, rural area and electoral division within the Gaeltacht, 2006 and 2011" (PDF). Census 2011. Central Statistics Office. p. 130.
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. Deidre Flanagan et al.: Irish Place Names, Gill & Macmillan, 1994, ISBN 0-7171-2066-X, p. 172
  4. "Ballinskelligs - Where is Ballinskelligs?". Visit Ballinskelligs. Retrieved 23 August 2019. ...what often confuses first time visitors is that Ballinskelligs isn’t a town or a village, it’s an area made up of small villages...
  5. Lord Killanin and Michael V. Duignan: The Shell Guide to Ireland, Ebury Press, London 1967, p. 86
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