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Ballinskelligs

Baile an Sceilg
Village
Ballinskelligs
Ballinskelligs
Ballinskelligs is located in Ireland
Ballinskelligs
Ballinskelligs
Location in Ireland
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Kerry
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 375 (Electoral District)
Irish Grid Reference V429657
Website http://www.visitballinskelligs.ie
Official name: Baile an Sceilg

Ballinskelligs, officially Baile an Sceilg (Irish for "Town (townland) of the craggy rock"), is a townland in the civil parish of Prior, County Kerry, Ireland. It may also refer to the wider district around the townland. It is located in the south-west of the Iveragh peninsula (Uíbh Ráthach) and is within the Gaeltacht. According to the 2016 census about 10% of the population of the electoral division speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.The townland was in the Poor law union of Cahersiveen.

The rock(s) referred to in the area’s Irish name are the Skellig IslandsSkellig Michael and Little Skellig—an ancient monastic colony which lies off the coast from Ballinskelligs. The town is also the site of a beach.

Notable features

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.

Castles of Munster, Ballinskelligs, Kerry - geograph.org.uk - 1392857
Ruins of Ballinskelligs Castle

Ballinskelligs Castle is situated on the western shore of Ballinskelligs Bay, on a narrow promontory which is subject to heavy erosion. The castle was constructed by the MacCarthy Mór dynasty in the 16th century to protect the bay from pirates, and possibly in order to charge a tariff on incoming trade vessels.

Ballinskelligs Priory
Ballinskelligs Priory
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Ballinskelligs Prior, 1996

Ballinskelligs Priory (Irish: Prioreacht Bhaile an Sceilg) was an Arrouaisian house of Augustinian canons.

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