Ballyboughal

Ballyboughal

Ballyboughal

Village and district in Fingal within historic County Dublin, Ireland

Ballyboughal (Irish: Baile Bachaille) is a village and district in central Fingal within the traditional County Dublin, near the Naul. The name means the town of the staff, and a major relic, the Bachal Isu, was protected in this area until Strongbow moved it to Christ Church, Dublin.[1] It is 4.4 km from Oldtown.[2]

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There was a monastery in Ballyboughal sometime before the arrival of the Anglo-Normans.[3]

In addition to the Church of the Assumption, erected in 1836, and which is a chapel of ease for the parish of Naul[4] the medieval church still stands in ruins in the Old Ballyboughal Burial Ground north of the centre of the settlement. It is the place where the Bachal Isu was kept.[5] All the walls stand without the roof, and the building, which has some grave markers on the inside, is divided into a nave and chancel with doors on the north and south sides. The west gable has a triple bell cote, and the east gable has an arched window (without glass) dating from the fourteenth century.[6]

The Ballyboghil or Ballyboughal River flows eastward through the centre of the settlement. It has its source at Tobergregan, south of Garristown, and its mouth at the Rogerstown Estuary.[7]

There is a private family-run airfield, Ballyboughal Airfield,[8] ICAO code EIBB, near the village.[9]

There is a Gaelic Football Club, Ballyboughal GFC, which was founded in 1935 as Ballyboughal Rangers, but the name was changed to the current one when they merged with Fingal Ravens in 1940–41.[10] Hollywood Lakes Golf Club is situated close the village.[11]

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References

  1. [1]
    Myles V. Ronan (1943). "St. Patrick's Staff and Christ Church". Dublin Historical Record. 5 (4 (Jun. - Aug., 1943)): 121–129. JSTOR 30080047.
  2. [2]
    "Ballyboughal, Grange, Co. Dublin, Ireland to Oldtown, Co. Dublin, Ireland".
  3. [3]
    Gwynn, Aubrey & R. Neville Hadcock (1970). Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland: With an Appendix to Early Sites. Harlow: Longmans. p. 374. OCLC 96266.
  4. [4]
    "Naul". Archdiocese of Dublin. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Welcome to Ballyboughal". Fingal County Council. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Old Ballyboughal Church Co Dublin". Ireland in Ruins. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  7. [7]
    Doyle, Joseph W (2013). Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin. Rath Eanna Research. ISBN 978-0956636379.
  8. [8]
    Also known (Google Maps) as Balheary Flying Field. Lying within the Dublin Control Zone, this grass-strip facility holds a small number of historical aircraft, and has occasional educational activities, as well as hosting meetings of Balheary model aircraft flying club.
  9. [9]
    "IAP - AD1.3 Index to Aeroromes and Heliports, issue Aug-Sept 2018". Irish Aviation Authority. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Club History". Ballyboughal GFC. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. [11]
    "Hollywood Lakes Golf Club". Albrecht Golf Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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