Ballylanders () is a village in south

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regional road, being approximately from the former and from the latter. The 2016 census recorded a population of 308 people.

Name

Historically the name translates as "de Londra's town" and is most likely of Norman origin and referring to a popular

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derived family surname of "Landers" or alternatively "de Londra" can give its translation as "Town of the Londoner".

Amenities

There is a holy well close to the village which is the focal point of the Pattern day, held annually on 15 August, this is one of the major such fair days in the locality. In 2011

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performed in the marquee during the pattern festival. The present-day Catholic parish church is of a modern circular design. The first church in the village was a

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church, dated to the 19th century, is still in existence today as a private dwelling house. The arches of the church are still visible from the inside and are preserved for aesthetic value. Griston Bog, on the west side of the village, is a nature reserve and bird sanctuary which is home to birds, insects and plants.

Sports

The local

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

club, Ballylanders GAA, won the

Limerick Senior Football Championship The Limerick Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top Limerick GAA clubs. The champions qualify to represent Limerick in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which progr ...

in 1917, 1999, 2007 and 2014. A Ballylanders

Ladies' Gaelic Football Association The Ladies' Gaelic Football Association ( ga, Cumann Peil Gael na mBan) is the main governing body for ladies' Gaelic football. It organises competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the Ladies' National Foot ...

(LGFA) club was established in 2000. Since then, the club has grown and fields teams at underage levels and two adult teams. The LGFA club were Junior Champions in 2010, Intermediate Champions in 2014 and Senior Champions in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Ballylanders Soccer Club was established in 1987 and caters for boys and girls of varying age groups. The club has over 200 registered members, and purchased its own grounds in 1992. The facility comprises a clubhouse, two full-size playing pitches, a full-size floodlit training pitch, and includes an amenity walk around the perimeter which is planting with 250 native trees.

Services

There is a local transport service in the locality known as Ballyhoura Travel.

Notable people

* John Crowley (1891-1942) was an Irish revolutionary and hunger striker, holding the Guinness World Record for the longest hunger strike in history - 94 days. Together with his brother and several prisoners, Crowley's strike was in sympathy with that of the Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney, imprisoned in Brixton Gaol, who died there on hunger strike in 1920. *

Peter William Crowley Peter William Crowley (13 July 1900 - 8 April 1963) was an Irish revolutionary and hunger striker, holding the Guinness World Records for the longest hunger strike in history. From 11 August to 12 November 1920, Crowley, along with 10 others, un ...

(1900-1963) was an Irish revolutionary and hunger striker who took part in the same hunger strike as his elder brother John. *

Tadhg Crowley Tadhg Crowley (1 May 1890 – 25 July 1969) was an Irish revolutionary and Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick constituency at the June 1927 general election. Early life Bo ...

(1890-1970) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick constituency at the June 1927 general election. *

Frank Dineen Frank Brazil Dineen (1862 – 18 April 1916) was a Gaelic games administrator and the fourth president of the Gaelic Athletic Association. From Ballylanders in County Limerick, he was elected General Secretary of the GAA in 1898 and is the ...

(1862–1916) was an athlete of the early 1880s who later became the only person to ever hold both posts of president (1885–1898) and Secretary (1898–1901) of the

. In 1907, he fronted the purchase of the

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site out of his own personal finances.Carey, Tim: ''Croke Park: a history'', The Collins Press (Ireland), 2007 Paperback, 200 pages (1905172087)

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