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Ballykinler

Village in County Down, Northern Ireland

Village in County Down, Northern Ireland

FieldValue
official_nameBallykinlar
irish_nameBaile Coinnleora
static_imageView west along Commons Road in the village of Ballykinler - geograph.org.uk - 2789727.jpg
static_image_captionCommons Road
population348
population_ref(2001 Census)
coordinates
unitary_northern_irelandNewry, Mourne and Down
countryNorthern Ireland
post_townDownpatrick
postcode_areaBT
postcode_districtBT30
dial_code028
lieutenancy_northern_irelandCounty Down
hide_servicesyes

Ballykinler (), often transcribed as Ballykinlar, is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 12 kilometres south west of Downpatrick, in the parish of Tyrella and Dundrum. In the 2001 census it had a population of 348 people. It is within the Newry, Mourne and Down area and runs parallel to the Irish Sea coast. Located within the Lecale Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the village is surrounded by low drumlins and marshes. It is also the site of a former British Army base and internment camp known as Abercorn Barracks.

Etymology

At the time of the conquest of Ulster by John de Courcy around 1177, Ballykinlar was called Lesscummalscig. The tithes from the area went to Christ Church, Dublin to pay for wax candles hence it became .

Amenities

The village has a shop and filling station. Public houses in the area include The Four Roads Inn (2 miles from the village) and the Minerstown Tavern (3 miles to the east).

The preschool playgroup in the village has received some funding from the National Lottery.

Visitors to the area include walkers and hikers on the Ballykinlar to Killough walk which passes the Blue Flag beach at Tyrella. A nearby coastal path is maintained by the Ministry of Defence, although access is prohibited when shooting ranges are active.

Transport

Ballykinlar Halt railway station was opened in March 1915, but closed on 16 January 1950.

A regular bus service runs between Downpatrick and Ballykinlar, via Clough.

Sport

Ballykinlar has three sports pitches, including two changing facilities. It also has several association football teams.

The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Ballykinlar GAA (Baile Choinnleora in Irish), was founded in 1932. The grounds for this Gaelic football club is named in memory of the Irish nationalist, trade unionist and journalist Tadhg Barry.

Civil parish

The civil parish is in the historic barony of Lecale Upper and contains the settlement of Ballykinler. The civil parish also contains the townlands of Ballykinler Lower, Ballykinler Middle, and Ballykinler Upper.

Bibliography

  • *Prisoners of War - Ballykinlar Internment Camp 1920-1921, *Liam O'Duibhir 2013
  • The Ulster Defence Regiment: An Instrument of Peace?, Chris Ryder 1991

References

References

  1. "Baile Coinnleora/Ballykinler". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  2. (March 2009). "Ards Down Area Plan 2015 Down District Settlement Proposals".
  3. (2020). "Shining the Light on Ballykinlar". Lecale Review.
  4. "Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): coinnleoir".
  5. "Ballykinler Filling Station".
  6. (20 June 2022). "National Lottery announce funding for fourteen local projects".
  7. "Ballykinlar-Killough". Ulster Federation of Rambling Clubs.
  8. (1940). "Ballykinler Ranges Bye-Laws". Statutory orders.
  9. "Ballykinlar Halt". Railscot - Irish Railways.
  10. [http://www.downgaa.net/downgaa/clubs/ballykinlar/ballykinlar.htm Ballykinlar, County Down], downgaa.net. Accessed 1 October 2022.
  11. [http://ballykinlar.down.gaa.ie/ Ballykinlar], down.gaa.ie. Accessed 1 October 2022. {{webarchive. link. (19 July 2008)
  12. "Ballykinler".
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