Baile na nGall ( Irish, meaning "town of the foreigners),Placenames Database of Ireland
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Gaeltacht ( , , ) are the districts of Ireland, individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The ''Gaeltacht'' districts were first officially recog ...

village in the Ard na Caithne region of the Dingle Peninsula of County Kerry, Ireland. As the 2003 Official Languages Act revoked the status of the

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name Ballydavid, the official name is ''Baile na nGall''. The village is near to

Gallarus Castle Gallarus Castle is a four-storey rectangular tower house in Baile na nGall, County Kerry, Ireland and is notable as one of the few fortified structures preserved on the Dingle Peninsula. History Gallarus Castle was built in the 15th centur ...

, a 15th-century

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built by the Knight of Kerry, the holder of a hereditary knighthood belonging to the Geraldine Dynasty. It is now an Irish heritage site and stands about one kilometre from the better known and more historically significant Gallarus Oratory.

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has a broadcast studio in Ballydavid. The radio tower is also a transmission site for

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. The Marilyn, Ballydavid Head, has a relative height of 247 metres.

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{{County Kerry Gaeltacht places in County Kerry Gaeltacht towns and villages Towns and villages in County Kerry

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