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Ballyheigue

Seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland

Seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland

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Ballyheigue ( ), officially Ballyheige (), is a coastal town and civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. It is 18 km northwest of Tralee 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 Banna Strand to the south, and Kerry Head to the north. Local events include the "Half on the Head" (Kerryhead) half marathon in June and an annual summer festival in July.

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes multiple ringfort, souterrain, holy well, Bullaun stone and fulacht fiadh sites in Ballyheige, Buncurrig, Dirtane and other surrounding townlands. Ballyheigue Castle, a ruined Tudor Gothic Revival style country house, was built in 1809 on the site of an earlier house.

The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club is Ballyheigue GAA.

|[[File:Kerry Head.jpg|thumb|Ballyheigue Strand]] | |[[File:Ballyheigue castle.jpg|thumb|[[Ballyheigue Castle]]]]}}

Notable people

  • Christy Brown, Irish writer and painter, resided in Ballyheigue from 1975 to 1980.
  • Richard Cantillon, economic theorist and coiner of the term entrepreneur.{{cite journal | access-date = 2010-02-06}}
  • Don O'Neill, fashion designer.

References

References

  1. "Sapmap Area: Settlements Ballyheigue". [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland).
  2. "Baile Uí Thaidhg / Ballyheige". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  3. "half on the head | the most scenic half marathon in Ireland".
  4. "Ballyheigue Summer Festival".
  5. Toal, Caroline. (1995). "North Kerry archaeological survey". Brandon Books.
  6. "Ballyheige Castle, Ballyheige, Ballyheige, Kerry". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
  7. "Ballyheigue HC".
  8. (19 September 2021). "‘We were delighted to include him in our community’". www.independent.ie.
  9. (16 May 2012). "The Irish Don of Fashion on". irishamerica.com.
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