Ballyhahill ( or ''Baile Uí Sháithil'')
is a village and
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...
in
County Limerick
"Remember Limerick"
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, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 146 people.
The
White River flows to the east of the village.
Name
According to the
Placenames Database of Ireland
The Placenames Database of Ireland ( ga, Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann), also known as , is a database and archive of place names in Ireland. It was created by Fiontar, Dublin City University in collaboration with the Placenames Branch of t ...
, two
Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
derivations of the village name are proposed: ''Baile Dhá Thuile'' ("town of two floods") or ''Baile Uí Sháithil'' ("town of Ó Sáithil").
The former (''Baile Dhá Thuile'') has official recognition and appears on road signage around Ballyhahill.
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of
ringfort
Ringforts, ring forts or ring fortresses are circular fortified settlements that were mostly built during the Bronze Age up to about the year 1000. They are found in Northern Europe, especially in Ireland. There are also many in South Wales ...
sites in the townland of Ballyhahill and the neighbouring townlands of Mohernagh and Finnoo. A
Carnegie library was built in Ballyhahill . The local
national (primary) school, ''Scoil Naomh Mhuire'', was built in 1959. As of 2017, the school had 39 pupils enrolled.
References
{{County Limerick
Towns and villages in County Limerick