Ballymackey (Irish: Bhaile Uí Mhacaí) is a townland[1] and a civil parish[2] in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located between Toomevara and Cloughjordan It is in the Dáil constituency of Offaly which incorporates 24 electoral divisions that were previously in the constituency of North Tipperary.[3]

Facilities

Ballymackey Football Club plays on an AstroTurf pitch in Ballinree[4]

The recycling centre located at Ballaghveny[5] in Ballymackey was closed in 2011 pending a new arrangement being set up to run the facility.[6]

Notable people

William Chester, the fifth Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh[7] and author.[8] Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, held the incumbency at Ballymackey before his appointment to the episcopate[9][10] in 1884.[11]

The Ó Tighearnaigh of Ormond family held land in Ormond Upper including Ballymackey.

Buildings of interest

The ruined St Michael's church at Cloonmore was commissioned by the Board of First Fruits. The building is listed as being of special Architectural, Archaeological and Social interest.[12]

Castle Willington is an 18th-century Georgian style private residence with a 19th-century towerhouse style extension. Located beside the Ollatrim River in the downland of Killowney Big. The building is listed as being of architectural and archaeological interest.[13]

Townlands in the civil parish

  • Ballaghveny
  • Ballinahemery
  • Ballinree
  • Ballyknockane
  • Ballymackey
  • Bessborough
  • Clashnevin
  • Clonalea
  • Cloonmore
  • Coolderry
  • Derrybane
  • Derrycarney
  • Donnybrook
  • Elmhill
  • Falleen
  • Garravally
  • Gortnadrumman
  • Grenanstown
  • Kilgorteen
  • Killeisk
  • Killowney Big
  • Killowney Little
  • Knockahunna
  • Knockanglass
  • Lismore
  • Lisnamoe
  • Lissanisky
  • Newtown
  • Park
  • Riverlawn
  • Shanbally
  • Tooreigh
  • Wilton
  • Woodville

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Baile Uí Mhacaí/Ballymackey". Irish placenames database.
  2. ↑ "Baile Uí Mhacaí/Ballymackey". Irish placenames database. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 14 July 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ballymackey FC Notes – October 7th". 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Waste licence application W0078-02". Environmental Protection Agency. 16 March 2004. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Council to Close Landfill for Three Years". Tipperary Star. 8 June 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
  8. ↑ Amongst others he wrote "Behold I come quickly" (George Herbert: Dublin, 1861); "The Christian Sacrifice" (ibid, 1873) and "Communion with God" (ibid, 1889) > British Library website accessed 19:32GMT 4 January 2011
  9. ↑ The Times, Saturday, 19 January 1884; pg. 5; Issue 31034; col E
  10. ↑ The New Bishop Of Killaloe
  11. ↑ The Bishop of Killaloe. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, 4 March 1884; Issue 21411
  12. ↑ "Saint Michael's Church, CLOONMORE, TIPPERARY NORTH". Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Castle Willington, KILLOWNEY BIG, TIPPERARY NORTH". Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

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