Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ballinakill

Ballinakill, small town, Dysart - Gallen par., S. Queen's co., 3 miles SE. of Abbeyleix, and 63 miles SW. of Dublin, pop. 630: P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Tuesday. It has some trade in woollens. Here are the ruins of a castle destroyed by Fairfax, and rebuilt (1680) by the Dunns.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "small town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Laoighis IrlC
Place: Ballinakill

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